Tailoring the pore architecture in 3-D alginate scaffolds by controlling the freezing regime during fabrication

Biomaterials

Volumn 23, Issue 20, 2002, Pages 4087-4094

  Zmora, Sharon ^a   Glicklis, Rachel ^a   Cohen, Smadar ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Alginate; Macro porous scaffolds; Pore structure; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

CELLS; DIFFUSION; FABRICATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; PROTEINS; TISSUE;

POLYMERIC SCAFFOLDINGS;

BIOMATERIALS;

ALBUMIN; ALGINIC ACID; CALCIUM; LIQUID NITROGEN; OIL; ALBUMINOID; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; CROSS LINKING; DIFFUSION; FREEZE DRYING; LIVER CELL; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TEMPERATURE; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; FREEZING; METABOLISM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ALBUMINS; ALGINATES; ANIMAL; CELLS, CULTURED; FREEZING; HEPATOCYTES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; ANIMALS; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS;

EID: 0035988660     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-9612(02)00146-1     Document Type: Article

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