Biodegradable polymer foams prepared with supercritical CO2-ethanol mixtures as blowing agents

Journal of Supercritical Fluids

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 265-272

  Tsivintzelis, Ioannis ^a   Pavlidou, Eleni ^a   Panayiotou, Costas ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Foaming; Polycaprolactone; Porous structures; Scaffolds; Supercritical CO2

Indexed keywords

BLOWING AGENTS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ETHANOL; FOAMS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE; POROUS STRUCTURE; SUPERCRITICAL MIXTURES;

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS;

EID: 34250182803     PISSN: 08968446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.supflu.2007.02.009     Document Type: Article

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