Supramolecular biomaterials

Nature Materials

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 13-26

  Webber, Matthew J ^a,b   Appel, Eric A ^a,c   Meijer, E W ^d   Langer, Robert ^a,b,e  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^e USA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

APPLICATION SPECIFIC; BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICALS; FUNCTIONAL ASPECTS; NON-COVALENT INTERACTION; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; SUPRAMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS;

BIOMATERIALS;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL; MACROMOLECULE;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MACROMOLECULE; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY; ANIMALS; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84951266376     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat4474     Document Type: Review

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