Effects of processing parameters in thermally induced phase separation technique on porous architecture of scaffolds for bone tissue engineering

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1304-1315

  Akbarzadeh, Rosa ^a   Yousefi, Azizeh Mitra ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bone graft; calcium phosphate(s); polymer; porous scaffold; thermally induced phase separation

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURE; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BONE; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; CELL ENGINEERING; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYMERS; PORE SIZE; TISSUE; TISSUE REGENERATION;

BONE GRAFT; BONE TISSUE ENGINEERING; POROUS SCAFFOLD; QUENCHING TEMPERATURES; SCAFFOLD FABRICATION TECHNIQUES; THERMALLY INDUCED PHASE SEPARATION; THERMALLY INDUCED PHASE SEPARATION TECHNIQUES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL GROWTH;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

DIOXANE; HYDROXYAPATITE; LIQUID NITROGEN; POLYMER; SOLVENT; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; BONE PROSTHESIS;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BONE TISSUE; CERAMICS; FREEZE DRYING; HUMAN; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYMERIZATION; POROSITY; REVIEW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE; THERMALLY INDUCED PHASE SEPARATION METHOD; TISSUE ENGINEERING; ANIMAL; BONE PROSTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; PHARMACOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ANIMALS; BONE SUBSTITUTES; HUMANS; POROSITY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84904036060     PISSN: 15524973     EISSN: 15524981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.33101     Document Type: Review

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