The mechanics of PLGA nanofiber scaffolds with biomimetic gradients in mineral for tendon-to-bone repair

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 40, Issue , 2014, Pages 59-68

  Lipner, J ^a,b   Liu, W ^c   Liu, Y ^a   Boyle, J ^a,b   Genin, G M ^a   Xia, Y ^d   Thomopoulos, S ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETICS; BONE; COPOLYMERS; DISSIMILAR MATERIALS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY ANALYSIS; HYDROXYAPATITE; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MECHANICAL TESTING; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; NANOFIBERS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SCAFFOLDS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; STIFFNESS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; STRESSES; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; MICRO-MECHANICAL MODELING; MINERAL MORPHOLOGY; NANOFIBER SCAFFOLD; PLATE-LIKE CRYSTALS; POLYMER SCAFFOLDS; SIMULATED BODY FLUIDS; THEORETICAL BOUNDS;

TENDONS;

NANOFIBER; POLYGLACTIN; BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL; HYDROXYAPATITE; LACTIC ACID; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYLACTIC ACID-POLYGLYCOLIC ACID COPOLYMER;

ARTICLE; BIOMIMETICS; BONE MINERALIZATION; ELECTROSPINNING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MECHANICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; YOUNG MODULUS; BONE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; MECHANICAL STRESS; METABOLISM; TENDON; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; BONE AND BONES; DURAPATITE; LACTIC ACID; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NANOFIBERS; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENDONS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84908156089     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2014.08.002     Document Type: Article

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