Review of recent research on biomedical applications of electrospun polymer nanofibers for improved wound healing

Nanomedicine

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 715-737

  Hassiba, Alaa J ^a   El Zowalaty, Mohamed E ^b   Nasrallah, Gheyath K ^a,b   Webster, Thomas J ^c,d   Luyt, Adriaan S ^e   Abdullah, Aboubakr M ^e   Elzatahry, Ahmed A ^a  

^a Qatar University   (Qatar)

^b Qatar University   (Qatar)

^c Northeastern University   (United States)

^d KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^e Qatar University   (Qatar)

Author keywords

activity; antimicrobial; biomedical; electrospinning; nanofibers; nanomaterials; wound dressings

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHITOSAN; GELATIN; GROWTH FACTOR; GUM TRAGACANTH; KERATIN; METAL; METAL OXIDE; NANOFIBER; POLYACRYLIC ACID; POLYMER; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; POVIDONE; VITAMIN; DELAYED RELEASE FORMULATION; OXIDE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

CELL ASSAY; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED DRUG RELEASE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DRUG RELEASE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROSPINNING; FLOW RATE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NANOMEDICINE; PERMEABILITY; PHASE SEPARATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCAR FORMATION; SURFACE CHARGE; SURFACE TENSION; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; WOUND; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ANIMAL; BANDAGE; CHEMISTRY; DELAYED RELEASE FORMULATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFECTS; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BANDAGES; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; METALS; NANOFIBERS; NANOMEDICINE; OXIDES; POLYMERS; VITAMINS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84962052727     PISSN: 17435889     EISSN: 17486963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/nnm.15.211     Document Type: Review

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