Building porous biopolymeric microstructures for controlled drug delivery devices using selective laser sintering

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 483-489

  Leong, K F ^a   Chua, C K ^a   Gui, W S ^a   Verani, ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Biodegradable polymers; Drug delivery devices; Porous microstructure; Rapid prototyping; Selective laser sintering

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY; LASER APPLICATIONS; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; RAPID PROTOTYPING; SINTERING;

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; DRUG DELIVERY DEVICES; POROUS MICROSTRUCTURE; SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING;

MICROSTRUCTURE;

EID: 33751161877     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: 14333015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00170-005-0217-4     Document Type: Article

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