Macromolecular Crowding Meets Tissue Engineering by Self‐Assembly: A Paradigm Shift in Regenerative Medicine. (6th February 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Satyam, Abhigyan; Kumar, Pramod; Fan, Xingliang; Gorelov, Alexander; Rochev, Yury; Joshi, Lokesh; Peinado, Héctor; Lyden, David; Thomas, Benjamin; Rodriguez, Brian; Raghunath, Michael; Pandit, Abhay; Zeugolis, Dimitrios
• Is Part Of: Advanced materials. Volume 26:Number 19(2014)
• Page Start: 3024
• Page End: 3034
• Publication Date: 2014-02-06
• Subjects: Materials -- Periodicals; Chemical vapor deposition -- Periodicals; 620.11
• DOI: 10.1002/adma.201304428
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0935-9648

Abstract

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