Toughening of electrospun poly(l-lactic acid) nanofiber scaffolds with unidirectionally aligned halloysite nanotubes

Journal of Materials Science

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1435-1445

  Cai, Ning ^a   Dai, Qin ^a   Wang, Zelong ^a,b   Luo, Xiaogang ^a   Xue, Yanan ^a   Yu, Faquan ^a  

^a WUHAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b KANSAI PAINT CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; KAOLINITE; LACTIC ACID; MAMMALS; NANOFIBERS; NANOTUBES; ORGANIC POLYMERS; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; TISSUE;

DEGREE OF CRYSTALLIZATION; EFFECTIVE DISPERSION; ELONGATION TO BREAK; HALLOYSITE NANOTUBE (HNTS); HALLOYSITE NANOTUBES; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; SKIN TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE ENGINEERING SCAFFOLD;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

EID: 84925490277     PISSN: 00222461     EISSN: 15734803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10853-014-8703-4     Document Type: Article

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