Micro- and Nanoengineering Approaches to Developing Gradient Biomaterials Suitable for Interface Tissue Engineering

Micro and Nanotechnologies in Engineering Stem Cells and Tissues

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 52-79

  Ostrovidov, Serge ^a   Seidi, Azadeh ^b   Ahadian, Samad ^a   Ramalingam, Murugan ^a,c,d,e   Khademhosseini, Ali ^a,f,g  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKINAWA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^d CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^e Centre for Stem Cell Research   (India)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gradient biomaterials; Interface tissue engineering (ITE); Microengineering; Nanotechnologies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887186774     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118574775.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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