Carbon nanotubes leading the way forward in new generation 3D tissue engineering

Biotechnology Advances

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1000-1014

  Hopley, Erin Leigh ^a   Salmasi, Shima ^a   Kalaskar, Deepak M ^a   Seifalian, Alexander M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D organs; Carbon nanotubes; Nanomaterials; Polymers; Regenerative medicine; Scaffolds; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CARBON NANOTUBES; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; DRUG DELIVERY; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; POLYMERS; SCAFFOLDS; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

3D ORGANS; 3D TISSUE ENGINEERINGS; BIOSENSOR APPLICATIONS; CHEMICAL ENHANCEMENTS; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; NATIVE EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; THERMAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

CARBON NANOTUBE; POLYMER;

CHEMISTRY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; REGENERATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMANS; NANOTUBES, CARBON; POLYMERS; REGENERATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84904740082     PISSN: 07349750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2014.05.003     Document Type: Review

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