Porous poly(ε-caprolactone) scaffolds for load-bearing tissue regeneration: Solventless fabrication and characterization

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials

Volumn 101 B, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1050-1060

  Allaf, Rula M ^a   Rivero, Iris V ^b   Abidi, Noureddine ^c   Ivanov, Ilia N ^d  

^a GERMAN JORDANIAN UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

cryomilling; polymer; porosity; scaffolds; tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABLE SCAFFOLD; CRYOMILLING; FABRICATION AND CHARACTERIZATIONS; LOAD-BEARING TISSUES; MOLDING TEMPERATURE; PROCESSING PARAMETERS; SCAFFOLD FABRICATION; SCAFFOLD MORPHOLOGY;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FABRICATION; POLYMERS; PORE SIZE; POROSITY; SCAFFOLDS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE REGENERATION;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

POLYCAPROLACTONE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; COMPRESSION; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; LEACHING; POROSITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; TISSUE REGENERATION; TISSUE STRUCTURE; WATER ABSORPTION; WATER TRANSPORT;

CRYOMILLING; POLYMER; POROSITY; SCAFFOLDS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ABSORPTION; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POLYESTERS; POROSITY; REGENERATION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THERMODYNAMICS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS; WATER; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 84880509444     PISSN: 15524973     EISSN: 15524981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.32915     Document Type: Article

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