Review Article - Experimental and Modeling Studies of Mass Transfer in Microencapsulated Cell Systems

ABSTRACT

Gaining a better understanding of mass transfer problems in encapsulated cell systems and in tissue engineering requires both experimental investigations and mathematical modelling. Specificmass transfer studies are reviewed including oxygen transfer in immobilised animal cell culture systems; modelling of electrostatic polymer droplet formation; and growth of plant somatic tissue encapsulated in alginate using electrostatics