Role of polymers in the design of 3D carbon nanotube-based scaffolds for biomedical applications

Progress in Polymer Science

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1448-1471

  Serrano, María C ^a   Gutiérrez, María C ^a   Del Monte, Francisco ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Electrospinning; Freeze casting; Gel formation; Polymer; Scaffold

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS CARBON; ASBESTOS; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON NANOTUBES; DISPERSIONS; ELECTROSPINNING; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; NATURAL POLYMERS; POLYMERS; SCAFFOLDS; TOXICITY;

ADSORPTIVE PROPERTIES; BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; FABRICATION STRATEGIES; FREEZE-CASTING; GEL FORMATION; SURFACE FUNCTIONALIZATION; TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

EID: 84902181253     PISSN: 00796700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2014.02.004     Document Type: Review

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