Tough and flexible CNT-polymeric hybrid scaffolds for engineering cardiac constructs

Biomaterials

Volumn 35, Issue 26, 2014, Pages 7346-7354

  Kharaziha, Mahshid ^a,b,d   Shin, Su Ryon ^a,b,c   Nikkhah, Mehdi ^a,b   Topkaya, Seda Nur ^a,b,e   Masoumi, Nafiseh ^a,b   Annabi, Nasim ^a,b,c   Dokmeci, Mehmet R ^a,b,c   Khademhosseini, Ali ^a,b,c,f,g  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^e EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^g KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs); Cardiac tissue engineering; Cardiomyocyte; Poly(glycerol sebacate):gelatin; Scaffold

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BIOMIMETICS; CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GLYCEROL; HEART; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOFIBERS; SCAFFOLDS; TISSUE;

BIOMIMETIC SCAFFOLDS; CARDIAC TISSUE ENGINEERING; CARDIOMYOCYTES; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROSPUN NANOFIBERS; MECHANICAL ROBUSTNESS; NANOFIBROUS SCAFFOLDS; POLIES (GLYCEROLSEBACATE);

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

CARBON NANOFIBER; CARBON NANOTUBE; POLY(GLYCEROL SEBECATE) GELATIN; POLYMER; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOMATERIAL; DECANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GELATIN; GLYCEROL; NANOFIBER; POLY(GLYCEROL-SEBACATE);

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HEART; HEART BEAT; HEART CELL CULTURE; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART EXCITATION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HYBRID; NANOFABRICATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RIGIDITY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE; PROCEDURES; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CELLS, CULTURED; DECANOATES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GELATIN; GLYCEROL; MYOCARDIUM; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; NANOFIBERS; NANOTUBES, CARBON; POLYMERS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84902538079     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: 18785905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2014.05.014     Document Type: Article

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