Fabrication of channeled scaffolds with ordered array of micro-pores through microsphere leaching and indirect Rapid Prototyping technique

Biomedical Microdevices

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 83-96

  Tan, J Y ^a   Chua, C K ^a,b   Leong, K F ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF LEIRIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Microsphere leaching; Rapid prototyping; Scaffold fabrication; Tissue Engineering

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL CONTROL; CELL BEHAVIORS; CHANNEL CONFIGURATION; FABRICATION METHOD; FABRICATION TECHNIQUE; HEXAGONAL CLOSED PACKED (HCP); LOW POROSITY; MICROPORES; MONODISPERSE MICROSPHERES; ORDERED ARRAY; PORE ARCHITECTURE; POROGEN LEACHING; REPRODUCIBILITIES; SCAFFOLD FABRICATION; SCAFFOLD FABRICATION METHODS; SCAFFOLD FABRICATION TECHNIQUES; TISSUE GROWTH;

FABRICATION; LEACHING; MICROSPHERES; MOLDS; PORE STRUCTURE; RAPID PROTOTYPING; SINTERING; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

GELATIN; MICROSPHERE; MOLECULAR SCAFFOLD;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CYTOARCHITECTURE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEXAGONAL CLOSED PACKED ARRAY; INDIRECT RAPID PROTOTYPING TECHNIQUE; LEACHING; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TISSUE GROWTH;

ANIMALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROSPHERES; POROSITY; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84872607223     PISSN: 13872176     EISSN: 15728781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10544-012-9690-3     Document Type: Article

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