A Green Biocompatible Fabrication of Highly Porous Functional Ceramics with High Strength and Controllable Pore Structures

Xu Changlu,Liu Haoran,Yang Huilin,Yang Lei

Fig. 1. (a) SEM images of pore structure of Al2O3 ceramics, and magnified images of pore ridge (b) and pore wall (c); (d) porous Al2O3 ceramics having good permeability to water; and (e) porous Al2O3 ceramics with (floating) and without (sank) a silicone layer outside the ceramic showing different floating status in ethanol.