Bioactive Applications for Electrospun Fibers

Polymer Reviews

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 631-667

  Quirós, Jennifer ^a   Boltes, Karina ^a,b   Rosal, Roberto ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b IMDEA WATER INSTITUTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

antimicrobial nanofibers; biomedical applications; Electrospinning; functional nanofibers; membranes; tissue engineering; wound dressing

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSPINNING; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MEMBRANES; MICROORGANISMS; NANOFIBERS; PACKAGING MATERIALS; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY); SPINNING (FIBERS); TISSUE;

ACTIVE FOOD PACKAGING; BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; CONTROLLED DRUG RELEASE; ELECTROSPUN MATERIALS; ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS; FUNCTIONAL NANOFIBERS; SCAFFOLDS FOR TISSUE ENGINEERING; WOUND DRESSINGS;

TISSUE ENGINEERING;

BIOMETRICS; NONWOVENS; SPINNING; SURGICAL DRESSINGS; SYNTHETIC FIBERS;

EID: 84981742797     PISSN: 15583724     EISSN: 15583716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15583724.2015.1136641     Document Type: Review

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