Low-Cost and Effective Fabrication of Biocompatible Nanofibers from Silk and Cellulose-Rich Materials

ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 526-534

  Guzman Puyol, Susana ^a   Heredia Guerrero, José A ^a   Ceseracciu, Luca ^a   Hajiali, Hadi ^a,b   Canale, Claudio ^a   Scarpellini, Alice ^a   Cingolani, Roberto ^a   Bayer, Ilker S ^a   Athanassiou, Athanassia ^a   Mele, Elisa ^a,c  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cellulose; electrospinning; nanofibers; parsley; silk

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; NANOFIBER; SILK; SILK FIBROIN; TRIFLUOROACETIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSPINNING; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MISCIBILITY; NANOFABRICATION; NONHUMAN; PARSLEY; PHASE SEPARATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 85019538509     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23739878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.5b00500     Document Type: Article

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