Nanofibrous hydrogel composites as mechanically robust tissue engineering scaffolds

Trends in Biotechnology

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 564-570

  Butcher, Annabel L ^a   Offeddu, Giovanni S ^a   Oyen, Michelle L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biocompatibility; Composites; Electrospinning; Hydrogel; Mechanical testing; Nanofibers

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOMECHANICS; CELL ENGINEERING; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ELECTROSPINNING; HYDROGELS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL TESTING; NANOFIBERS; TISSUE;

EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; HYDROGEL COMPOSITES; MATRIX FORMS; MECHANICALLY ROBUST; NANO-FIBROUS; TISSUE ENGINEERING SCAFFOLD;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOFIBER; HYDROGEL;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; GEL; HYDROGEL; MECHANICS; NANOFABRICATION; REVIEW; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; BIOMECHANICS; HUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PROCEDURES;

BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; HUMANS; HYDROGEL; NANOFIBERS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PHENOMENA; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84908247686     PISSN: 01677799     EISSN: 18793096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2014.09.001     Document Type: Review

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