Preparation of hydroxyapatite fibers by electrospinning technique

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1988-1991

  Wu, Yiquan ^a   Hench, Larry L ^a   Du, Jing ^b   Choy, Kwang Leong ^b   Guo, Jingkun ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF CERAMICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MORPHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VISCOMETERS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

DIFFRACTION PATTERNS; ELECTROSPINNING; POLYMER COMPOSITES;

HYDROXYAPATITE;

EID: 8644292516     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.2004.tb06351.x     Document Type: Article

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