Preparation of porous biodegradable polymer and its nanocomposites by supercritical CO 2 foaming for tissue engineering

Journal of Nanomaterials

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Liao, Xia ^a   Zhang, Haichen ^a   He, Ting ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABLE MATERIAL; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; FOAMING TECHNOLOGY; POROUS POLYMER MATERIAL; PROCESSING PARAMETERS; SUPERCRITICAL CARBON DIOXIDES; SUPERCRITICAL CO; THERMO SENSITIVE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; NANOCOMPOSITES; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; SCAFFOLDS; SUPERCRITICAL FLUID EXTRACTION; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS;

EID: 84861026643     PISSN: 16874110     EISSN: 16874129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/836394     Document Type: Review

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