Tea tree oil-Containing chitosan/polycaprolactone electrospun nonwoven mats: A systematic study of its anti-Bacterial properties in vitro

International Journal of Nanotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 10-11, 2013, Pages 959-972

  Bai, Meng Yi ^a   Chang, Yi Tang ^b   Tsai, Jie Chang ^a   Wei, Da Jiun ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Biomaterials; Controlled release; Drug delivery; Electrospinning; Nanotechnology

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOMATERIALS; CHITOSAN; CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY; DRUG DELIVERY; ELECTROSPINNING; FORESTRY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; TARGETED DRUG DELIVERY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL; ANTIBACTERIAL PROPERTIES; CONTROLLED RELEASE; GENERAL METHOD; HOSPITAL ACQUIRED INFECTION; METALLIC FRAMES; NONWOVEN MATS; SYSTEMATIC STUDY;

NONWOVEN FABRICS;

BACTERIA; FORESTRY; NONWOVENS; WEAVING;

EID: 84890507811     PISSN: 14757435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJNT.2013.058122     Document Type: Article

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