The design and construction of an electrohydrodynamic cartesian robot for the preparation of tissue engineering constructs

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Hashimdeen, Shaikh Hafeez ^a   Miodownik, Mark ^a   Edirisinghe, Mohan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYESTER;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EAR; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROHYDRODYNAMIC CARTESIAN ROBOT; FLOW RATE; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRINTING; ROBOTICS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; VALIDATION PROCESS; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ARTIFICIAL ORGAN; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; PROCEDURES; THREE DIMENSIONAL PRINTING;

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; EAR; HYDRODYNAMICS; POLYESTERS; PRINTING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; ROBOTICS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84915748144     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0112166     Document Type: Article

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