A new supercritical fluid-based process to produce scaffolds for tissue replacement

Journal of Supercritical Fluids

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 365-373

  Reverchon, E ^a   Cardea, S ^a   Rapuano, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Poly(l lactic acid); Scaffolds; Supercritical fluids; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

CELLS; MICROSTRUCTURE; NANOSTRUCTURES; SCAFFOLDS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROUS NANOSTRUCTURE; POLY(L-LACTIC ACID) (PLLA); TEMPORARY SCAFFOLDS;

SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS;

EID: 43849095802     PISSN: 08968446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.supflu.2008.01.005     Document Type: Article

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