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COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Volume 70, Issue 13, Pages 1879-1888Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2010.05.028
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Polymer-matrix composites (PMCs); Nano composites; Bacterial cellulose
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- EPSRC [EP/E007538/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/E007538/1] Funding Source: researchfish
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The production of 3D scaffolds for tissue engineering with provision of a controlled nano-topography remains a significant challenge Here we have combined an ice-microsphere templating technique with thermally induced phase separation, and by taking advantage of interactions between hydrophilic and hydrophobic phases. lined the pore walls with bacterial cellulose nano-whiskers The cryogenic technique we have developed not only allows the decoration of the pore walls of 3D porous forms with nano-whiskers but also enables the pore structure, Interconnects and surface area to be controlled. Moreover our novel combined solvent extraction and ice sublimation route presented herein preserves the frozen-in structure. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved
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