Biodegradable submicrometric sieves in PLLA fabricated by soft lithography

Microsystem Technologies

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1893-1899

  Gutierrez Rivera, Luis ^a   Cescato, Lucila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DELIVERY CONTROL SYSTEMS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; FABRICATION PROCESS; LOW FLOW; MASS PRODUCTION; PLLA; POLY-L-LACTIDE; PORE DIAMETERS; REGULAR ARRAY; SOFT LITHOGRAPHY; UNIFORM PORE;

DRUG DELIVERY; LITHOGRAPHY; SIEVES;

FABRICATION;

EID: 79551523670     PISSN: 09467076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00542-010-1113-x     Document Type: Article

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