Nano porous structures tissue engineering

Development of nano-structured alumina and zirconia ceramics and composites as well as nano-structured calcium phosphate ceramics and porous bioactive glasses, possibly as composites with organic constituents, will provide desired properties for bone substitution and tissue engineering for the next 20 years (Chevalier and Gremillard, 2009). 

Development of Nano-Structured Micro-Porous Materials and their Application in Bioprocess-Chemical Process Intensification and Tissue Engineering... 

In this study, after a brief introduction to PI we provide the bases of a technique for the preparation of polymeric micro-porous materials, known as polyHIPE polymers (PHPs) which are now used extensively in PIM, and micro-reactor technology. These polymers are prepared through the high internal phase emulsion (HIPE) polymerization route. In order to control the pore size, the flow-induced phase inversion phenomenon is applied to the emulsification technique. The metalization of these polymers and formation of nano-structured micro-porous metals for intensified catalysis are also discussed. Finally, we illustrate the applications of these materials in chemical- and bioprocess intensifications and tissue engineering while examining the existence of several size-dependent phenomena. 

Yang, R Murugan, R. Ramakrishna, S. Wang, X. Ma, Y.X. Wang, S. Fabrication of nano-structured porous PLLA scaffold intended for nerve tissue engineering. Biomaterials 2004, 25 (10), 1891-1900. 

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