Simple fabrication of hollow poly-lactic acid microspheres using uniform microbubbles as templates

Materials Letters

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 703-705

  Makuta, Toshinori ^a   Takada, Shingo ^b   Daiguji, Hirofumi ^b   Takemura, Fumio ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biodegradable polymer; Hollow microsphere; Microbubble; Template technique; Ultrasound contrast agent

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; ACOUSTIC WAVES; BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; BODY FLUIDS; DISSOLUTION; LACTIC ACID; MICROSPHERES; ORGANIC ACIDS; SOLVENTS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS;

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMER; HOLLOW MICROSPHERE; MICROBUBBLE; TEMPLATE TECHNIQUE; ULTRASOUND CONTRAST AGENT;

BOROPHOSPHATE GLASS;

EID: 58649099597     PISSN: 0167577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2008.12.030     Document Type: Article

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