DESIGNER COLLAGEN-FIBRIL BIOGRAFT MATERIALS FOR TUNABLE MOLECULAR DELIVERY

One of the biggest challenges in tissue engineering currently is the formation of a functional microvascular network as part of an engineered tissue graft. Despite many advances in tissue engineering methods, the field still awaits biograft designs that enable neovascularization at clinically relevant size scales. Critical to the design of such materials are tissue-specific physico-mechanical properties and controlled local therapeutic molecular release.

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Biomedical Engineering

Year

2016

Author dc:creator

• Joshi, Rucha

Contributors dc:contributor

• Sherry L Voytik-Harbin
• Kinam Park
• Bumsoo Han
• Mervin Yoder

• collagen
• controlled release
• drug delivery
• heparin
• tunable
• VEGF

Repository record dc:identifier

https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/open_access_dissertations/1218

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:docs.lib.purdue.edu:open_access_dissertations-2434