Extrusion printed graphene/ polycaprolactone/ composites for tissue engineering

Materials Science Forum

Volumn 773-774, Issue , 2014, Pages 496-502

  Sayyar, Sepidar ^a   Cornock, Rhys ^a   Murray, Eoin ^a   Beirne, Stephen ^a   Officer, David L ^a   Wallace, Gordon G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Additive fabrication; Biocompatible; Graphene; Melt extrusion printing; Nanocomposites; Polycaprolactone

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOMECHANICS; EXTRUSION; GRAPHENE; MELT SPINNING; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYCAPROLACTONE; TISSUE;

ADDITIVE FABRICATION; BIOCOMPATIBLE; COMPLEX SCAFFOLDS; IN-VITRO; MELT EXTRUSION; PRINTING SYSTEM; THREE DIMENSIONAL SCAFFOLD; TISSUE ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

EID: 84891539844     PISSN: 02555476     EISSN: 16629752     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.773-774.496     Document Type: Conference Paper

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