EVA-enhanced embedding medium for histological analysis of 3D porous scaffold material

Micron

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 756-760

  Lim, Jin Ik ^a   Lee, Yong Keun ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Embedding resin; Ethylene vinyl acetate; Histology; Micro structure; Paraffin; Scaffold

Indexed keywords

AFM; CAPROLACTONE; CHITOSAN SCAFFOLD; ELASTOMERIC MATERIALS; EMBEDDING MATERIALS; EMBEDDING RESIN; ETHYLENE VINYL ACETATE; ETHYLENE VINYL ACETATES; HISTOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; HYBRID SCAFFOLDS; L-LACTIDE; N-HEXANE; NATURAL TISSUES; NEW MATERIAL; POROUS SCAFFOLD; RHEOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; SOFTENING TEMPERATURE; SOLVENT SOLUBILITY;

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; CAPILLARY FLOW; CHITIN; CHITOSAN; CONTACT ANGLE; DISSOLUTION; ETHYLENE; HEXANE; HISTOLOGY; HYDROPHILICITY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MIXTURES; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PARAFFIN WAXES; PARAFFINS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; POLYVINYL ACETATES; RESINS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; XYLENE;

SCAFFOLDS;

CHITOSAN; ETHYLENEVINYLACETATE COPOLYMER; LACTIDE CAPROLACTONE COPOLYMER; LACTIDE-CAPROLACTONE COPOLYMER; PARAFFIN; POLYESTER; POLYVINYL DERIVATIVE; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; HISTOLOGY; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; POROSITY; STAINING; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

CHITOSAN; MATERIALS TESTING; PARAFFIN; POLYESTERS; POLYVINYLS; POROSITY; STAINING AND LABELING; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE; TISSUE EMBEDDING; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 67649967533     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2009.04.002     Document Type: Article

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