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Review
. 2013:8:1111-20.
doi: 10.2147/IJN.S41271. Epub 2013 Mar 15.

Porous microsphere and its applications

Yunpeng Cai  1 , Yinghui Chen, Xiaoyun Hong, Zhenguo Liu, Weien Yuan
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Review

Porous microsphere and its applications

Yunpeng Cai et al. Int J Nanomedicine. 2013.

Abstract

Porous microspheres have drawn great attention in the last two decades for their potential applications in many fields, such as carriers for drugs, absorption and desorption of substances, pulmonary drug delivery, and tissue regeneration. The application of porous microspheres has become a feasible way to address existing problems. In this essay, we give a brief introduction of the porous microsphere, its characteristics, preparation methods, applications, and a brief summary of existing problems and research tendencies.

Keywords: pore; porogen; porosity; pulmonary drug delivery; seed swelling; suspension polymerization; tissue regeneration.

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Figure 1
Porous microspheres. Note: Springer, Colloid and Polymer Science, 291, 2013, [page 119], Double emulsion-templated microspheres with flow-through pores at micrometer scale, Chen SF, Gao F, Wang QB, Su ZG, Ma GH, [Figure 3C], [License Number 3095270116326], with kind permission from Springer Science and Business Media.
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Figure 2
Schematic diagram of pore formation. Note: Copyright © 2007, Taylor & Francis Ltd. Reproduced with permission from Liu QQ, Wang L, Xiao AG. Research progress in macroporous styrene-divinylbenzene co-polymer microspheres. Designed Monomers and Polymers. 2007;10(5):405–423. http://www.informaworld.com.
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