biomaterial; scaffold; green technology; supercritical carbon dioxide; 3D reconstruction; supercritical CO2
Abstract :
[en] Poly(ε-caprolactone) foams were prepared, via a batch process, by using supercritical CO2 as foaming agent. Their porous structure was characterized through mercury porosimetry, helium and mercury pycnometry, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray microtomography observations coupled with image analysis. The pore size distributions obtained by these two latter techniques show that the pore structure is more homogeneous when the foaming process is performed under a high CO2 saturation pressure (higher than 250 bars).
Research Center/Unit :
Center for Education and Research on Macromolecules (CERM)
Disciplines :
Materials science & engineering Chemistry
Author, co-author :
Léonard, Angélique ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de chimie appliquée > Génie chimique - Procédés et développement durable
Calberg, Cédric ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Department of Applied Chemistry > Laboratory of Industrial Chemistry
F.R.S.-FNRS - Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique The Ministry of the ‘‘Communauté française de Belgique’’, Belgium (Action de Recherche Concertée 00/05-265) and the Ministry of ‘‘Région Wallonne’’ (DGTRE), Belgium, in the frame of the W.D.U. and WINNOMAT programs
Commentary :
The original publication is available at http://www.springerlink.com/content/q031375562m60m8n/fulltext.pdf. The authors acknowledge Journal of Porous Materials (Springer) for allowing them to archive this paper.
