Introduction to biomedical foams

Biomedical Foams for Tissue Engineering Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 3-39

  Salerno, A ^a   Netti, Paulo ^b  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bioactivated materials; Biodegradable foams; Biomedical foams; Cell instructive materials; Microscaffolds; Scaffold fabrication; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CELL ENGINEERING; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ADVANCED MATERIALS; BIODEGRADABLE FOAMS; BIOSENSING; IN-VITRO; MICROSCAFFOLDS; SCAFFOLD FABRICATION;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

EID: 84902565668     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1533/9780857097033.1.3     Document Type: Chapter

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