Engineering of gradient biomaterials as biomimetic systems for tissue engineering

Journal of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 139-148

  Seidi, Azadeh ^a   Ramalingam, Murugan ^b,c  

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

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biomaterials; Biomimetic; Gradient; Scaffolds; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891614478     PISSN: 21579083     EISSN: 21579091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jbt.2011.1020     Document Type: Review

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