Evaluation of in vitro degradation of PCL scaffolds fabricated via BioExtrusion - Part 2: Influence of pore size and geometry: The present study is to accurately investigate the influence of design parameters, such as filament distance (FD) and lay-down pattern, on the degradation behaviour and kinetics of PCL scaffolds, obtained via BioExtrusion

Virtual and Physical Prototyping

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 157-165

  Domingos, M ^a   Chiellini, F ^b   Cometa, S ^b   de Giglio, E ^c   Grillo Fernandes, E ^b   Bartolo, P ^a   Chiellini, E ^b  

^a POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF LEIRIA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biomanufacturing; Biomaterials; Extrusion; Scaffolds; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

3D ARCHITECTURES; BIOMANUFACTURING; DEGRADATION KINETICS; DEGRADATION PATTERNS; DESIGN PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MINERAL DEPOSITIONS; PHOSPHATE BUFFER SOLUTIONS; POLYCAPROLACTONE SCAFFOLDS; PORE GEOMETRY; SIMULATED BODY FLUIDS; STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES; WEIGHT LOSS;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOMATERIALS; DEGRADATION; DESIGN; EXTRUSION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; KINETICS; POLYCAPROLACTONE; PORE SIZE; SCAFFOLDS; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

EID: 83755220815     PISSN: 17452759     EISSN: 17452767     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17452759.2011.605839     Document Type: Article

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