Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 32, Issue 4 , Pages 391-397 , May 2010

Fabrication and characterization of nano-composite scaffold of PLLA/silane modified hydroxyapatite

Received 4 September 2009 ,Revised 25 January 2010 ,Accepted 2 February 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2010.02.002

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 32, Issue 4 , Pages 391-397 , May 2010