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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Acta Biomater. 2011 Nov 20;8(4):1401–1421. doi: 10.1016/j.actbio.2011.11.017

Fig. 17.

Fig. 17

Two different types of pore distribution in a α-TCP cement measured by mercury intrusion porosimetry, and also observed in SEM image. Porosity between aggregates (a), and porosity between crystallites. These intrinsic porosities play a key role in drug adsorption and release (Copyright (2009) Elsevier. Reprinted from Ref. [183] with permission).