Gelatin nanofiber-reinforced alginate gel scaffolds for corneal tissue engineering

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 6671-6674

  Tonsomboon, K ^a   Strange, D G T ^a   Oyen, M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINATE HYDROGELS; CORNEAL TISSUE ENGINEERING; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; ELECTROSPUN NANOFIBERS; FIBROUS STRUCTURES; INTERNATIONAL CRISIS; LOAD-BEARING COMPONENTS; MECHANICALLY ROBUST;

BIOMECHANICS; HYDROGELS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOFIBERS; REINFORCEMENT; TISSUE;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

ALGINIC ACID; GELATIN; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACID; NANOFIBER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOPROSTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CORNEA; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; METHODOLOGY; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ALGINATES; ANIMALS; BIOPROSTHESIS; CORNEA; GELATIN; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; NANOFIBERS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84886495527     PISSN: 1557170X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EMBC.2013.6611086     Document Type: Conference Paper

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