Realisation and characterization of conductive hollow fibers for neuronal tissue engineering

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1107-1119

  Gattazzo, Francesca ^a,b   De Maria, Carmelo ^a   Whulanza, Yudan ^a   Taverni, Gemma ^a   Ahluwalia, Arti ^a   Vozzi, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

carbon nanotubes; composite hollow fibers; Conductive polymers; doping process; impedance measurement; mechanical characterization; melt spinning; poly(3 hexylthiophene 2,5 diyl)

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CARBON NANOTUBES; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; FIBERS; MELT SPINNING; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOTUBES; NEURONS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

COMPOSITE HOLLOW FIBERS; CONDUCTIVE POLYMER; DOPING PROCESS; IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; POLY(3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE-2 ,5-DIYL);

SPINNING (FIBERS);

MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; POLY(3 HEXYLTHIOPHENE 2,5 DIYL); THIOPHENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARBON NANOTUBE; POLY(3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE-2,5-DIYL); POLYMER; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL ADHESION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOLLOW FIBER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MECHANICS; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEUROBLASTOMA CELL; TISSUE ENGINEERING; YOUNG MODULUS; CHEMISTRY; NERVOUS TISSUE; PROCEDURES; TUMOR CELL LINE;

CELL LINE, TUMOR; HUMANS; NANOTUBES, CARBON; NERVE TISSUE; POLYMERS; THIOPHENES; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84931829284     PISSN: 15524973     EISSN: 15524981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.33297     Document Type: Article

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