Pore characteristics of chitosan scaffolds studied by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy

Tissue Engineering - Part C: Methods

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 339-345

  Tully Dartez, Stephanie ^a,b   Cardenas, Henry E ^a   Sit, Ping Fai Sidney ^a,b  

^a Louisiana Tech University   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; CHITOSAN; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; ELECTROCHEMICAL CORROSION; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MERCURY (METAL); NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; POLYMER BLENDS; SCAFFOLDS;

AQUEOUS CONDITION; CHITOSAN SCAFFOLD; COMPLEX IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENTS; CONSTANT CURRENT; FREQUENCY SWEEP; IMAGE-BASED; MERCURY INTRUSION POROSIMETRY; NON-DESTRUCTIVE TEST; PORE CHARACTERISTICS; PORE DIAMETERS; PRESSURE-BASED; SCAFFOLD CHARACTERIZATION; SEM; STANDARD CONDITIONS; TISSUE-ENGINEERED SCAFFOLDS; VACUUM CONDITION;

SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BIOMATERIAL; CHITOSAN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CHITOSAN; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 77952906087     PISSN: 19373384     EISSN: 19373392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.tec.2009.0132     Document Type: Article

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