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Preparation of Poro...
Preparation of Porous Poly(3-Hydroxybutyrate) Films by Water-Droplet Templating
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- Bergstrand, Anna, 1974 (author)
- Chalmers tekniska högskola,Chalmers University of Technology
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Andersson, Helene, 1983 (author)
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- Cramby, Johanna (author)
- Chalmers tekniska högskola,Chalmers University of Technology
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Sott, Kristin, 1974 (author)
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- Larsson, Anette, 1966 (author)
- Chalmers tekniska högskola,Chalmers University of Technology
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- Scientific Research Publishing, Inc. 2012
- 2012
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In: Journal of Biomaterials and Nanobiotechnology. - : Scientific Research Publishing, Inc.. - 2158-7027 .- 2158-7043. ; 3
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- Porous resorbable implants are of great interest since they may deliver bioactives or drugs, facilitate the transport of body fluids or degradation products and provide a favorable environment for cell attachment and growth. In this work we report on a method using concentrated emulsions to template interconnected solid foam materials and to produce highly porous poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) materials. Porous PHB films were cast made from water-in-oil template emulsions including Span 80 and lithium sulphate. The films were characterized by SEM-EDX and DMA. The water uptake of the films was recorded in order to determine the fraction water available pores. The results show that the ad-dition of lithium sulphate allows a fine tuning of the film morphology with respect to porosity and interconnected po-rous structure. The film porosity was determined to 51% ± 3%, 52% ± 3% and 45% ± 3% for the films made with 0%, 2.9% and 14.3% lithium sulphate in the template emulsion, respectively. The fraction water available pores was sig-nificantly lower, 11% ±3%, 38% ±12% and 48% ± 7% for films with 0%, 2.9% and 14.3% litium sulphate respectively. Differences in fraction water available pores and total porosity for the films reflects the film morphology and differ-ences in pore interconnection.
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- TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER -- Kemiteknik (hsv//swe)
- ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY -- Chemical Engineering (hsv//eng)
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Kemi -- Annan kemi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Chemical Sciences -- Other Chemistry Topics (hsv//eng)
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Kemi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Chemical Sciences (hsv//eng)
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