Robust formulation for the design of tissue engineering scaffolds: A comprehensive study on structural anisotropy, viscoelasticity and degradation of 3D scaffolds fabricated with customized desktop robot based rapid prototyping (DRBRP) system

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• 作者：M. Enamul Hoque ^{mhoque@kfu.edu.sa enamul1973@gmail.com}
• 关键词：Robust formulation ; Anisotropy ; Viscoelasticity ; Degradation ; Scaffold ; PCL ; PCL-PEG ; Homopolymer ; Copolymer
• 刊名：Materials Science and Engineering: C
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：1 March 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：72
• 期：Complete
• 页码：433-443
• 全文大小：2378 K
• 卷排序：72

文摘

Structural anisotropy, viscoelasticity and physiological environment directly influenced the scaffolds’ properties. In vitro degradation study evaluates the degradation kinetics of the scaffolds. Both PCL and PCL-PEG scaffolds realized homogeneous hydrolytic degradation. This study is to determine the suitability of a particular scaffold to cater for a targeted tissue engineering application.