Fabrication of poly (ε-caprolactone) microfiber scaffolds with varying topography and mechanical properties for stem cell-based tissue engineering applications

Journal of Biomaterials Science, Polymer Edition

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-17

  Ko, Junghyuk ^a   Mohtaram, Nima Khadem ^a   Ahmed, Farid ^a   Montgomery, Amy ^a   Carlson, Michael ^a   Lee, Patrick C D ^b   Willerth, Stephanie M ^a   Jun, Martin B G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

melt electrospinning; micro structure; microfibers; neural tissue engineering; scaffolds; stem cells

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSPUN SCAFFOLDS; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; MELT ELECTROSPINNING; MICROFIBERS; NEURAL TISSUE ENGINEERING; PROCESSING TEMPERATURE; SCAFFOLD MORPHOLOGY; TISSUE ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS;

APPLICATIONS; CELL CULTURE; ELECTROSPINNING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYMER MELTS; SCAFFOLDS; STEM CELLS; TISSUE;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

ALUMINUM; BIOMATERIAL; POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYMER; POLYMERIC MICROFIBER SCAFFOLD; POROUS POLYMER; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CELL TYPE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DEVICES; ELECTROSPINNING; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EQUIPMENT; FEMTOSECOND LASER; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GEOMETRY; HEATING; IMAGING SYSTEM; IRRADIATION; MACHINE; MATERIALS TESTING; MELT ELECTROSPINNING; MELTING POINT; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUMP; RHEOMETER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SHEAR RATE; STEM CELL; SYRINGE; TEMPERATURE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TOPOGRAPHY; VISCOSITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

MURINAE;

ANIMALS; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; MICE; MICROTECHNOLOGY; POLYESTERS; POROSITY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84889880198     PISSN: 09205063     EISSN: 15685624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09205063.2013.830913     Document Type: Article

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