Conspectus Using a limited selection of ordinary components and at ambient temperature,
nature has managed to produce a wide range of incredibly diverse materials with …

Freeze casting, popularly known as ice templating or freeze gelation, is a mechanical
method to fabricate scaffolds of desirable properties and materials. Aerospace engineering …

Directional solidification of aqueous solutions and slurries in a temperature gradient is
widely used to produce cellular materials through a phase separation of solutes or …

In the present study, a consistent and conservative Phase-Field model is developed to study
thermo-gas-liquid-solid flows with liquid-solid phase change. The proposed model is …

Freeze casting under external fields (magnetic, electric, or acoustic) produces porous
materials having local, regional, and global microstructural order in specific directions. In …

The architectural and physiomechanical properties of regenerative scaffolds have been
shown to improve engineered tissue function at both a cellular and tissue level. The …

Convection during the solidification of a binary alloy with nanoparticles governs the
nanoparticle, species and temperature distribution in the domain and thus the solidification …

Bulk solutions of therapeutic proteins are often frozen for long-term storage. During the
freezing process, proteins in liquid solution redistribute and segregate in the interstitial …

One of the major challenges in bone tissue engineering is the preparation of highly
interconnected porous scaffolds with suitable mechanical properties. Synthetic scaffolds …

The freeze casting process is a novel manufacturing method for both near net-shape parts
as well as directed porous structures as employed by filters and implants. Depending on the …