Preparation and properties of poly(L-lactic acid) scaffolds by thermally induced phase separation from a ternary polymer-solvent system

Polymer International

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2079-2085

  Li, Shirong ^a   La Carrubba, Vincenzo ^b   Piccarolo, Stefano ^b   Sannino, Diana ^c   Brucato, Valerio ^b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crystallization; Poly(L lactic acid) (PLLA); Scaffold; Thermally induced phase separation (TIPS); Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

COOLING; CRYSTALLIZATION; DRYING; ETHANOL; FOAMS; PHASE SEPARATION; PORE SIZE; POROSIMETERS; SCAFFOLDS; SOLIDIFICATION; SOLVENTS; TERNARY SYSTEMS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CONTINUOUS COOLING TRANSFORMATION (CCT); POLY(L-LACTIC ACID) (PLLA); SURFACE AREAS; TETRAHYDROFURAN (THF); TISSUE ENGINEERING;

POLYMERS;

POLYMER SCIENCE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 10044229501     PISSN: 09598103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pi.1631     Document Type: Article

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