title: [Application of polyvinyl alcohol in biomedical engineering].
abstract: This paper explicated the present application of poly- vinyl alcohol (PVA) in the field of biomedical engineering, such as artificial cartilage, drug delivery systems, microorganism enwrapping, cell micro-capsulation, anti-thrombin materials, and biomedical sponges. And a preliminary study of the good dispersion of PVA as a surfactant on nano-particles of hydroxyapatite was presented.
authors: State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China. dgguo@mailst.xjtu.edu.cn
authors: Dagang
authors: D
authors: Guo
authors: Kewei
authors: K
authors: Xu
mesh_terms: D001187:Artificial Organs; D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D001698:Biomedical Engineering; D004339:Drug Compounding; D016503:Drug Delivery Systems; D017886:Durapatite / Q000737:chemistry; D008422:Materials Testing; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry; D011142:Polyvinyl Alcohol / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D011142:Polyvinyl Alcohol; D017886:Durapatite