Biomimicking polysaccharide nanofibers promote vascular phenotypes : a potential application for vascular tissue engineering

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Shi, Liya, Aid, Rachida, Visage, Catherine Le, Chew, Sing Yian
• مؤلفون آخرون: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• التنسيق: مقال
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: 2013
• الموضوعات: DRNTU::Engineering::Bioengineering
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/98408; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/17323

The potential of electrospun pullulan/dextran (P/D) nanofibers (average diameter = 323 nm) for vascular tissue engineering applications is explored. The mechanical properties of the nanofibers are of the same order of magnitude as that of human arteries (Young's modulus ≈0.88 MPa; tensile stren...