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Her research interests are

 

Summary of research interests:

  • Tissue engineering of soft tissues
  • Mechanotransduction of stem cells
  • Tissue adhesives

 

Selected Publications:

 

1.      KP Lim and LP Tan, Interaction Force Measurements for the Design of Tissue Adhesives, Acta Biomaterialia, accepted.

2.      L.P. Tan , A. Hidayat,  L.L Lao and  L.F. Quah, Release of Hydrophilic Drug from Biodegradable Polymer Blends, Journal of Biomaterials Science-Polymer Edition, accepted.

3.      X.T. Wang; S. Venkatraman; F. Boey; S.C. Loo; L.P. Tan.  Effects of controlled-released sirolimus from polymer matrices on human coronary artery smooth muscle cells, Journal of Biomaterials Science-Polymer Edition  Volume: 18   Issue: 11   Pages: 1401-1414   Published: NOV 2007 .

4.      X. Miao ,L.P. Tan ; L.-S. Tan , X. Huang Porous calcium phosphate ceramics modified with PLGA–bioactive glass, Materials Science and Engineering C- Biomimetic and Supramolecular Systems, 27 (2): 274-279. Sp. Iss. SI MAR (2007).

5.      L. P. Tan, Subbu S.Venkatraman, J.F.D. Joso and Freddy Y.C. Boey “Collapse Pressure of Bi-layered Biodegradable Stents” Journal of Biomedical Materials Research: Part B - Applied Biomaterials, 79B (1): 102-107 OCT 2006

6.      Subbu S.Venkatraman, L. P. Tan, J.F.D. Joso, Freddy Y.C. Boey and Xintong Wang,Biodegradable Stents With Elastic Memory” Biomaterials, 27 (8): 1573-1578 Mar 2006.

7.      L.P. Tan, S.S.Venkatraman, P.F. Sung, X.T. Wang, “Effect of Plasticization on Heparin Release from Biodegradable Matrics”  International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 283 (1-2): 89-96 Sep 28 2004.

8.      Subbu Venkatraman, Tan Lay Poh, Tjong Vinalia, Mak Koon Hou, Freddy Boey, “Collapse pressures of biodegradable stents” Biomaterials, 2003,  24, p 2105-2111.

9.      L.P. Tan, C.Y. Yue, K.C. Tam, Y.C. Lam, X. Hu, “Relaxation of LCP Fibers in Polycarbonate-LCP Blend System”  J. Polym. Sci. Pt B: Polym. Phys., 2003, 41, p2307-2312.

10.  L.P. Tan, S.C. Joshi, C.Y. Yue, Y.C. Lam, X. Hu, K.C. Tam, “ Effect of Shear Heating During Injection Molding on the Morphology of PC/LCP Blends” Acta Materialia, 2003,  51/20, p 6269-6276.

11.  L.P. Tan, C.Y. Yue, K.C. Tam, Y.C. Lam, X. Hu, “ Effect of Shear rate, Viscosity Ratio and LCP content on Morphological and Mechanical Properties of Polycarbonate and Liquid Crystalline Polymer Blends” Polymer International, 2002, 51, p 398-405 .

12.  L.P. Tan, C.Y. Yue, K.C. Tam, Y.C. Lam, X. Hu, “Effect of Compatibilization in Injection Molded Polycarbonate and LCP Blend” J. Appl. Poly Sci.,2002, 84, p568-575.

 

 

Last Modified: 28 June 2006
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