Morphological comparison of PVA scaffolds obtained by gas foaming and microfluidic foaming techniques

Langmuir

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 82-91

  Colosi, Cristina ^a   Costantini, Marco ^a   Barbetta, Andrea ^a   Pecci, Raffaella ^b   Bedini, Rossella ^b   Dentini, Mariella ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTANT FLOW RATES; FLOW-FOCUSING DEVICES; GLUTARALDEHYDES; MICROTOMOGRAPHIC IMAGES; MONODISPERSE; POLY(VINYL ALCOHOL) (PVA); PORE INTERCONNECTIVITY; PORE VOLUME; POROUS TEXTURE; PRODUCTION RATES; SCAFFOLD FABRICATION METHODS; TEMPLATING SYSTEMS; WALL THICKNESS DISTRIBUTION;

ALDEHYDES; ARGON; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LIQUID NITROGEN; MICROFLUIDICS; POROUS MATERIALS; SCAFFOLDS; TEXTURES;

GAS FOAMING;

POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; SURFACTANT; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GAS; MICROFLUIDICS;

GASES; MICROFLUIDICS; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84872101997     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la303788z     Document Type: Article

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