LCA of starch aerogels for biomedical applications

Chemical Engineering Transactions

Volumn 49, Issue , 2016, Pages 319-324

  De Marco, Iolanda ^a   Miranda, Salvatore ^a   Riemma, Stefano ^a   Iannone, Raffaele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROGELS; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; POROUS MATERIALS; SOLUTIONS; STARCH; SUPERCRITICAL FLUID EXTRACTION;

BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE CYCLE INVENTORY; NANO-POROUS MATERIALS; PHARMACEUTICAL APPLICATIONS; SUPERCRITICAL CONDITION;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84969506253     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22839216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3303/CET1649054     Document Type: Article

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