Porous poly(L-lactide) films obtained by immersion precipitation process: Morphology, phase separation and culture of VERO cells

Polymer

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 3275-3289

  Zoppi, R A ^a   Contant, S ^a   Duek, E A R ^a   Marques, F R ^a   Wada, M L F ^a   Nunes, S P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Film morphology; Phase separation; Poly(L lactide)

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; LIGHT SCATTERING; MORPHOLOGY; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYESTERS; POROSITY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); REACTION KINETICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

IMMERSION PRECIPITATION; POLYLACTIDE;

PLASTIC FILMS;

POLYLACTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; FILM; LIGHT SCATTERING; NONHUMAN; PHASE SEPARATION; POROSITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VERO CELL;

EID: 0033152299     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-3861(98)00562-X     Document Type: Article

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