A novel fabrication method of macroporous biodegradable polymer scaffolds using gas foaming salt as a porogen additive

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-7

  Nam, Yoon Sung ^a   Yoon, Jun Jin ^a   Park, Tae Gwan ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ammonium carbonate; Biodegradable polymers; Poly(L lactic acid); Scaffolds; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; BIODEGRADATION; BLOWING AGENTS; DISPERSIONS; FATTY ACIDS; GELS; PLASTICS CASTING; POLYCARBONATES; POROUS MATERIALS; SOLIDIFICATION; TISSUE CULTURE;

GAS FOAMING SALTS; POLYMER SCAFFOLDS; POROGEN ADDITIVES;

BIOMATERIALS;

AMMONIA; AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; CARBON DIOXIDE; FOAMING AGENT; POLYLACTIC ACID; POLYMER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CELL VIABILITY; LEACHING; MALE; NONHUMAN; POROSITY; RAT; TISSUE REGENERATION;

ANIMALS; BICARBONATES; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CELLS, IMMOBILIZED; GASES; LACTIC ACID; LIVER; LIVER REGENERATION; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POLYMERS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SALTS;

EID: 0001818465     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4636(2000)53:1<1::AID-JBM1>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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