Mechanical and microstructural properties of polycaprolactone scaffolds with one-dimensional, two-dimensional, and three-dimensional orthogonally oriented porous architectures produced by selective laser sintering

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2467-2476

  Eshraghi, Shaun ^a   Das, Suman ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone tissue engineering; Mechanical properties; Polycaprolactone; Scaffolds; Selective laser sintering

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BONE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LASER HEATING; POROSITY; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY); SINTERING; TENSILE STRENGTH; YIELD STRESS;

BONE TISSUE ENGINEERING; COMPRESSIVE MODULI; EXPERIMENTAL DETERMINATION; MECHANICAL; MICRO-STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; ONE-DIMENSIONAL; POLYCAPROLACTONE SCAFFOLDS; POROUS ARCHITECTURES; TENSILE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; TWO-DIMENSIONAL;

POLYCAPROLACTONE;

POLYCAPROLACTONE; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; POLYESTER;

ARTICLE; BONE TISSUE; COMPRESSION; GEOMETRY; MECHANICAL STRESS; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE ENGINEERING; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; LASER; MATERIALS TESTING;

FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; LASERS; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; POLYESTERS;

EID: 77955884686     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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