Biomedical Engineering Reference
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DESIGNING NANOFIBROUS
SCAFFOLDS FOR
TISSUE ENGINEERING
Neha Arya, Poonam Sharma, and Dhirendra S. Katti
Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of
Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, India
Contents
Abbreviations
437
13.1 Overview
438
13.2 Introduction
438
13.2.1 Rationale for Tissue Engineering
438
13.2.2 Importance of Scaffolds in Tissue Engineering
440
13.2.2.1 Infl uence of Nanometer Scale Features of Scaffolds in
Tissue Engineering
442
13.3 Methods of Nanofi brous Scaffold Synthesis
442
13.3.1 Self Assembly
443
13.3.2 Phase Separation
444
13.3.3 Electrospinning
446
13.4 Polymers Used for Synthesizing Nanofi brous Structures Using the
Electrospinning Technique
453
13.4.1 Natural Polymers
453
13.4.1.1 Proteins
454
13.4.1.1.1 Collagen
454
13.4.1.1.2 Gelatin
455
13.4.1.1.3 Silk Fibroin
456
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