A review of key challenges of electrospun scaffolds for tissue-engineering applications

Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 715-738

  Khorshidi, Sajedeh ^a   Solouk, Atefeh ^a   Mirzadeh, Hamid ^a   Mazinani, Saeedeh ^a   Lagaron, Jose M ^b   Sharifi, Shahriar ^c   Ramakrishna, Seeram ^d  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b INSTITUTO DE AGROQUÍMICA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE ALIMENTOS CSIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

cell infiltration; electrospinning; mechanical strength; tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

BEARINGS (MACHINE PARTS); BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CELL ENGINEERING; COPYRIGHTS; ELECTROSPINNING; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY); TISSUE;

CELL INFILTRATION; ELECTROSPINNING; ELECTROSPUN SCAFFOLDS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; MECHANICAL; MECHANICAL STRENGTH; SCAFFOLDS FOR TISSUE ENGINEERING; STRUCTURAL ORGANIZATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; TISSUES ENGINEERINGS;

HISTOLOGY;

HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; NANOFIBER; POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYLACTIC ACID;

CELL ADHESION; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL SIZE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; COLLAGEN DEGRADATION; ELASTIC TISSUE; ELECTROSPINNING; ELECTROSPUN SCAFFOLD; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FLOW RATE; NANOFABRICATION; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL; TENSILE STRENGTH; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; THROMBOCYTE RICH PLASMA; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

EID: 84987837600     PISSN: 19326254     EISSN: 19327005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/term.1978     Document Type: Review

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