PLGA/PEG-hydrogel composite scaffolds with controllable mechanical properties

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 648-655

  Rahman, Cheryl V ^a   Kuhn, Gisela ^b   White, Lisa J ^a   Kirby, Giles T S ^a   Varghese, Oommen P ^c   Mclaren, Jane S ^a   Cox, Helen C ^a   Rose, Felicity R A J ^a   Muller, Ralph ^b   Hilborn, Jons ^c   Shakesheff, Kevin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fibrin; Hyaluronic acid; Hydrogel; PLGA; Pluronic F127; Scaffold

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMER SCAFFOLDS; COMPOSITE FORMULATIONS; FIBRIN; MAXIMUM COMPRESSIVE STRENGTHS; PLGA; PLURONIC F-127; STRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; THERMOPLASTIC MATERIALS;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COPOLYMERS; HYALURONIC ACID; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; ORGANIC ACIDS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; REPAIR; SCAFFOLDS; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

HYDROGELS;

FIBRIN; HYALURONIC ACID; MACROGOL; POLOXAMER; POLYGLACTIN;

ARTICLE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DRUG FORMULATION; HYDROGEL; POROSITY; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BONE AND BONES; BONE REGENERATION; CATTLE; FIBRIN; HYALURONIC ACID; HYDROGELS; LACTIC ACID; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OSTEOGENESIS; POLOXAMER; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; PRESSURE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TEMPERATURE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84879603823     PISSN: 15524973     EISSN: 15524981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.32867     Document Type: Article

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