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Journal of Materials
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 287853, 8 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/287853
Research Article

Morphological and Cell Growth Assessment in Near Dense Hydroxyapatite Scaffold

Florencia Edith Wiria,1 Bee Yen Tay,1 and Elaheh Ghassemieh2

1Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, 71 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 638075
2Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Sheffield, Sir Frederick Mappin Building, Sheffield S1 3JD, UK

Received 27 November 2012; Revised 1 February 2013; Accepted 1 February 2013

Academic Editor: Amit Bandyopadhyay

Copyright © 2013 Florencia Edith Wiria et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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