Emulsion templated scaffolds with tunable mechanical properties for bone tissue engineering

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 54, Issue , 2016, Pages 159-172

  Owen, Robert ^a   Sherborne, Colin ^a   Paterson, Thomas ^a   Green, Nicola H ^a   Reilly, Gwendolen C ^a   Claeyssens, Frederik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Free form fabrication; Mechanical properties; Plasma polymerization; PolyHIPEs; Porosity; Stereolithography

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC MONOMERS; BIOMECHANICS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; ELASTIC MODULI; EMULSIFICATION; FABRICATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MEMBRANES; ORGANIC ACIDS; PLASMA POLYMERIZATION; POROSITY; STEM CELLS; STEREOLITHOGRAPHY; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

FREEFORM FABRICATION; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; HIGH INTERNAL PHASE EMULSIONS; HUMAN EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; MESENCHYMAL PROGENITOR CELLS; MICRO-STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; OSTEOGENIC DIFFERENTIATION; POLYHIPES;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

ACRYLIC ACID; MONOMER; BIOMATERIAL; EMULSION;

ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE TISSUE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EMULSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MECHANICS; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; METABOLIC ACTIVITY ASSAY; MICROSTEREOLITHOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; POLYMERISED HIGH INTERNAL PHASE EMULSION SCAFFOLD; POLYMERIZATION; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; BONE; CELL ADHESION; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; MESENCHYMAL STROMA CELL;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BONE AND BONES; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; EMULSIONS; HUMANS; MECHANICAL PHENOMENA; MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS; OSTEOGENESIS; POROSITY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84943576065     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2015.09.019     Document Type: Article

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