Toughening in electrospun fibrous scaffolds

APL Materials

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Koh, C T ^a,b   Oyen, M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITI TUN HUSSEIN ONN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

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EID: 84911909631     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2166532X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4901450     Document Type: Article

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