Poly(lactides) co-electrospun with carbon nanotubes: Thermal and cell culture properties

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 75, Issue , 2016, Pages 565-576

  Zhu, Yazhe ^a   Li, Chunmei ^b   Cebe, Peggy ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Tufts University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Crystallinity; Electrospinning; Fiber orientation; PLLA; Rigid amorphous fraction

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; CELL CULTURE; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROSPINNING; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; FIBERS; FIBROBLASTS; ISOMERS; NANOTUBES; NYLON POLYMERS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; POLYMERS; SPECIFIC HEAT; SUBSTRATES; YARN;

AVERAGE FIBER DIAMETERS; BIOCOMPATIBLE THERMOPLASTICS; CRYSTALLINITIES; DIAMETER DISTRIBUTIONS; HEAT CAPACITY MEASUREMENTS; PLLA; RIGID-AMORPHOUS FRACTION; SEMI-CRYSTALLINE POLYMER;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 84955602540     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2016.01.014     Document Type: Article

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