A new 3D concentration gradient maker and its application in building hydrogels with a 3D stiffness gradient

Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 256-264

  Orsi, Gianni ^a   Fagnano, Marco ^a   De Maria, Carmelo ^a   Montemurro, Francesca ^a   Vozzi, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

bioreactors; chemotaxis; computational fluid dynamics; durotaxis; finite element analysis; polyacrylamide

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMECHANICS; CELL SIGNALING; CELLS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COPYRIGHTS; CYTOLOGY; HYDROGELS; STIFFNESS;

3D GRADIENTS; CELL LEVELS; CHEMOTAXI; CONCENTRATION- GRADIENTS; DEEP KNOWLEDGE; DUROTAXIS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSE; IN-BUILDINGS; ITS APPLICATIONS; TISSUE LEVELS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ACRYLAMIDE; N,N' METHYLENEBISACRYLAMIDE; POLYACRYLAMIDE; ACRYLAMIDE DERIVATIVE; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HYDROGEL; IN VITRO STUDY; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; NANOFABRICATION; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; SIMULATION; ANIMAL; BIOMIMETICS; BIOREACTOR; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CELL MOTION; CHEMISTRY; CHEMOTAXIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; PERFUSION; YOUNG MODULUS;

ACRYLAMIDES; ANIMALS; BIOMIMETICS; BIOREACTORS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; CHEMOTAXIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROGELS; MATERIALS TESTING; PERFUSION; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84901739006     PISSN: 19326254     EISSN: 19327005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/term.1908     Document Type: Article

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