Imaging, spectroscopy, mechanical, alignment and biocompatibility studies of electrospun medical grade polyurethane (Carbothane™ 3575A) nanofibers and composite nanofibers containing multiwalled carbon nanotubes

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 41, Issue , 2015, Pages 189-198

  Sheikh, Faheem A ^a,b   Macossay, Javier ^a   Cantu, Travis ^a   Zhang, Xujun ^a   Shamshi Hassan, M ^c   Esther Salinas, M ^a   Farhangi, Chakavak S ^a   Ahmad, Hassan ^a   Kim, Hern ^d   Bowlin, Gary L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

^b Hallym University   (South Korea)

^c Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^d Myong Ji University   (South Korea)

^e Department of Biomedical Engineering The University of Memphis ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; Dispersion; Electrospinning; Mechanical properties; Nanofibers

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION (WAVES); ELECTROSPINNING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOFIBERS;

COMPOSITE NANOFIBERS; ELECTROSPUNS; MEDICAL GRADES;

CYTOTOXICITY;

MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; POLYURETHAN; CARBON NANOTUBE; NANOFIBER;

3T3 CELL LINE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CELL ADHESION; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DENSITY; DISPERSION; ELECTROSPINNING; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED PHOTOACOUSTIC SPECTROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLYMERIZATION; POROSITY; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRESS; STRETCHING; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMOSTABILITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASOUND; ANIMAL; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; ELECTRICITY; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICS; MICROSCOPY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SPECTROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL SURVIVAL; ELECTRICITY; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; MICE; MICROSCOPY; NANOFIBERS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES, CARBON; NIH 3T3 CELLS; POLYURETHANES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 84909633049     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2014.10.012     Document Type: Article

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