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Inside Cover, Volume 128, Issue 3
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.38676
Subject(s) - nanofiber , cover (algebra) , volume (thermodynamics) , materials science , nanometre , lactide , chemical engineering , scaffold , nano , nanotechnology , composite number , polymer , polymer science , composite material , biomedical engineering , mechanical engineering , physics , engineering , copolymer , quantum mechanics
The microscopic surface morphology of a nanofibrous poly(l‐lactide)/nano‐hydroxyapatite composite scaffold produced by a thermal induced phase separation technique is presented on page 1332 by Wanqing Han and colleagues. The nano‐hydroxyapatite particles uniformly deposit on the surface of poly(l‐lactide) nanofiber bundles with a little aggregation, but remain in the nanometer scale. The mechanical properties of the nanofibrous poly(l‐lactide) scaffold are distinctly strengthened with the increase of nano‐hydroxyapatite content. Both the adsorption amount of bovine serum albumin and cell viability are also markedly improved by the positive effect of nano‐hydroxyapatite. This strengthened biomimetic composite scaffold is a potential candidate for bone tissue engineering.