Mechanical properties of single alginate microspheres determined by microcompression and finite element modelling

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 821-829

  Nguyen, V B ^a   Wang, C X ^a   Thomas, C R ^a   Zhang, Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcium alginate; Finite element analysis; Imaging; Mechanical properties; Microcompression; Poroelasticity; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

ALGINATE; BEAMS AND GIRDERS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM ALLOYS; CEMENTS; DATA COMPRESSION; DEFORMATION; DRUG DELIVERY; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATERIALS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROSPHERES; RELAXATION PROCESSES; RESERVOIRS (WATER); TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY;

CALCIUM ALGINATE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; IMAGING; MICROCOMPRESSION; POROELASTICITY;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 58749114373     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2008.10.050     Document Type: Article

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