Electrospun nanofibrous structure: a novel scaffold for tissue engineering.

By Wan-Ju Li, C. Laurencin, E. Caterson, Rocky S. Tuan, Frank K. Ko. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research, 2002

2,382 citations recorded by the source corpus.

How researchers see this paper

The researchers whose trusted networks rank it highest, strongest advocate first. Every researcher gets a different order.

Hydrogel scaffolds for tissue engineering: Progress and challenges (2013, background): “In other reported investigations, various nano- and micro-nonwoven hydrogels based on natural polymers such as fibroin, fibrinogen, silk, and collagen have been fabricated for tissue engineering purposes with the aid of electrospinning.(159) It was also reported that different types of cells can att”
Electrospun fine-textured scaffolds for heart tissue constructs. (2005, background): “It has been suggested that nanofibrous ECM-mimicking features may improve cellular response and biocompatibility because of the morphological similarities to the three-dimensional ECM protein fiber network [15].”
Effects of electrospinning parameters on polyacrylonitrile nanofiber diameter: An investigation by response surface methodology (2008, background): “Specifically, a substantial amount of research on nano-scale fibers is being conducted to meet the demands of their prospective application areas such as tissue engineering [1,2], membranes [3], nano-resonators [4], micro-air vehicles [5], and hydrophobic thin films [6].”
Electrospinning of polymer nanofibers: Effects on oriented morphology, structures and tensile properties (2010, positive): “Ultra-fine fibers of biodegradable polymers produced by electrospinning have found potential applications in tissue engineering due to their high surface area to volume ratios and high porosity of the fibers [9,14,65,73,74].”