Several characteristics of a novel PLGA/Merwinite scaffold were examined in the present study to evaluate the possible applications in bone tissue regeneration. Physical and mechanical properties, as well as degradation behavior and in vitro bioactivity of porous scaffolds produced by solvent casting and particle leaching technique were also characterized. Results showed that incorporation of m...

Effective Poisson-Nernst-Planck (PNP) equations are derived for macroscopic ion transport in charged porous media. Homogenization analysis is performed for a two-component periodic composite consisting of a dilute electrolyte continuum (described by standard PNP equations) and a continuous dielectric matrix, which is impermeable to the ions and carries a given surface charge. Three new features...

An approach for the preparation of an oxidized porous silicon microparticle drug delivery system that can provide efficient trapping and sustained release of various drugs is reported. The method uses the contraction of porous silicon's mesopores, which occurs during oxidation of the silicon matrix, to increase the loading and retention of drugs within the particles. First, a porous Si (pSi) fi...

Disc herniation as a result of degenerative or traumatic injury is believed to be the primary instigator of low back pain. At present there is a lack of viable treatment options to repair damaged annulus fibrosus (AF) tissue. Developing alternative strategies to fill and repair ruptured AF tissue is a key challenge. In this work we developed a porous alginate scaffold with shape-memory properti...

The fabrication of small structured spherical particles that are essentially small photonic crystals is described. The particles are 1-50 microm in diameter and are porous with nearly close-packed monodisperse pores whose size is comparable to the wavelength of light. The solid matrix of the particles is titania, which provides a large refractive index contrast between the particle matrix and p...

The present investigation draws scholars' attention to the effect of exponential variable viscosity modeled by Vogel and variable permeability on stagnation point flow of Carreau Nanofluid over an electromagnetic plate through a porous medium. Brownian motion and thermophoretic diffusion mechanism are taken into consideration. An efficient fourth-order RK method along with shooting technique ar...

Structural order parameters of a smectic liquid crystal confined into the columnar form of porous silicon are studied using neutron scattering and optical spectroscopic techniques. It is shown that both the translational and orientational anisotropic properties of the confined phase strongly couple to the one-dimensional character of the porous silicon matrix. The influence of this confinement ...

Electrical and thermal modulation of porous silicon microcavities is demonstrated based on a change in the refractive index of liquid crystals infiltrated in the porous silicon matrix. Positive and negative anisotropy liquid crystals are investigated, leading to controllable tuning to both longer and shorter wavelengths. Extinction ratios greater than 10 dB have been demonstrated. Larger attenu...

Hydroxyapatite orbital implants are widely used in the treatment of post-nucleation socket syndrome. The porous hydroxyapatite serves as a matrix for vascular tissue ingrowth. We investigate the degree of fibro-vascular tissue integration and the presence of osteogenesis within the porous hydroxyapatite part of the orbital implants. For comprehensive imaging, all implants were prepared using a ...

The double porosity model allows to compute the pressure at a macroscopic scale in a fractured porous media, but requires the computation of some exchange coeecient characterizing the passage of the uid from and to the porous media (the matrix) and the fractures. We propose a new Monte Carlo method to estimate this coeecient. Here we give an overview of Campillo et al 1, 2].