Knowledge of the mechanical properties of electrospun fibers is important for their successful application in tissue engineering, material composites, filtration and drug delivery. In particular, electrospun collagen has great potential for biomedical applications due to its biocompatibility and pro
Mechanical properties of single electrospun collagen type I fibers
✍ Scribed by Lanti Yang; Carel F.C. Fitié; Kees O. van der Werf; Martin L. Bennink; Pieter J. Dijkstra; Jan Feijen
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 776 KB
- Volume
- 29
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0142-9612
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