Selective ultrasonic foaming of polymer for biomedical applications

Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 0210041-0210049

  Wang, Hai ^a   Li, Wei ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

3D cell culture; Concentration dependent diffusion model; High intensity focused ultrasound; Porous polymer; Selective ultrasonic foaming; Tissue engineering scaffold

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CELL CULTURE; CELL ENGINEERING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS; DIFFUSION; DISCOVERY WELLS; DRUG PRODUCTS; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; PORE SIZE; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY); TISSUE; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

3-D CELL CULTURE; CONCENTRATION-DEPENDENT DIFFUSION; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; POROUS POLYMERS; TISSUE ENGINEERING SCAFFOLD;

CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY;

EID: 47049104314     PISSN: 10871357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2823078     Document Type: Article

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