Development of porous lamellar poly(l-lactic acid) scaffolds by conventional injection molding process

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 887-896

  Ghosh, Satyabrata ^a   Viana, Júlio C ^a   Reis, Rui L ^a   Mano, João F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Injection molding; Lamellar; PEO; PLLA; Scaffold

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE; LACTIC ACID; LAMELLAR STRUCTURES; LEACHING; MICROPOROSITY; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; PORE SIZE; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

CONVENTIONAL INJECTION MOLDING; FABRICATION TECHNIQUE; INJECTION MOLDING PROCESS; LAMELLAR; PLLA; POLY(L-LACTIC ACID); POLY(LLACTIC ACID) SCAFFOLDS; POLY-L-LACTIC ACIDS; POROUS SCAFFOLD; RICH PHASE;

INJECTION MOLDING;

MACROGOL; MOLECULAR SCAFFOLD; POLYLACTIC ACID;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENTIONAL INJECTION MOLDING PROCESS; DENSITY; FLOW KINETICS; LEACHING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PHASE SEPARATION; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE ENGINEERING; WATER TRANSPORT; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 44549088146     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2008.03.001     Document Type: Article

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