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Drug Delivery: Fabrication of Nanofiber Microarchitectures Localized within Hydrogel Microparticles and Their Application to Protein Delivery and Cell Encapsulation (Adv. Funct. Mater. 5/2013)
Author(s) -
Lee Hyun Jong,
Park Young Ha,
Koh WonGun
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
advanced functional materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069
H-Index - 322
eISSN - 1616-3028
pISSN - 1616-301X
DOI - 10.1002/adfm.201370023
Subject(s) - nanofiber , materials science , electrospinning , drug delivery , self healing hydrogels , nanotechnology , cell encapsulation , encapsulation (networking) , fabrication , polymer , polymer chemistry , composite material , computer science , medicine , computer network , alternative medicine , pathology
On page 591 , Won‐Gun Koh and co‐workers report a simple method to generate well‐defined microscopic architectures of electrospun nanofibers and describe their potential applications in biomedical fields. A combination of electrospinning and hydrogel patterning generates microarchitectured nanofibers that are localized within various shapes of hydrogel microparticles. Resultant nanofiber‐entrapped hydrogels can be used for sustained release of protein and cell encapsulation