Electrospun nanofibers as scaffolds for skin tissue engineering

Polymer Reviews

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 348-376

  Sundaramurthi, Dhakshinamoorthy ^a   Krishnan, Uma Maheswari ^a   Sethuraman, Swaminathan ^a  

^a SASTRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Electrospinning; Nanofibers; Polymers; Stem cells; Tissue engineering; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION; ELECTROSPINNING; NANOFIBERS; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYMERS; STEM CELLS; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ELECTROSPUN NANOFIBERS; MICROBIAL INFECTIONS; NANOFIBROUS SCAFFOLDS; NATIVE EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; POLYMERIC NANOFIBERS; SKIN TISSUE ENGINEERING; ULTRA-FINE FIBERS; WOUND HEALING;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

EID: 84898009665     PISSN: 15583724     EISSN: 15583716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15583724.2014.881374     Document Type: Review

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