Effect of sterilization methods on electrospun poly(lactic acid) (PLA) fiber alignment for biomedical applications

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 3241-3249

  Valente, T A M ^a   Silva, D M ^b   Gomes, P S ^c   Fernandes, M H ^c   Santos, J D ^a   Sencadas, V ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b Biosckin Molecular and Cell Therapies SA TecMaia   (Portugal)

^c U Porto   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

biodegradable polymers; fiber alignment; gamma irradiation; poly(lactic acid) (PLA); sterilization; tissue engineering electrospun membranes

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; BIOMECHANICS; ETHYLENE; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; GAMMA RAYS; IRRADIATION; LACTIC ACID; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MEMBRANES; MORPHOLOGY; RADIATION; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY); STERILIZATION (CLEANING); TISSUE ENGINEERING;

BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; ELECTROSPUN MEMBRANES; FIBER ALIGNMENT; GAMMA IRRADIATION; GAMMA RADIATION STERILIZATION; POLYLACTIC ACIDS; RIBBON-LIKE STRUCTURES; THERMAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

FIBERS;

ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; ETHYLENE OXIDE; LACTIC ACID; POLYESTER; POLYLACTIDE; POLYMER;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; MATERIALS TESTING; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; RADIATION RESPONSE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; ETHYLENE OXIDE; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MATERIALS TESTING; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; POLYESTERS; POLYMERS; STERILIZATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84958212228     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b10869     Document Type: Article

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