Covalent attachment of a three-dimensionally printed thermoplast to a gelatin hydrogel for mechanically enhanced cartilage constructs

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2602-2611

  Boere, Kristel W M ^a   Visser, Jetze ^b   Seyednejad, Hajar ^a   Rahimian, Sima ^a   Gawlitta, Debby ^b   Van Steenbergen, Mies J ^a   Dhert, Wouter J A ^b,c   Hennink, Wim E ^a   Vermonden, Tina ^a   Malda, Jos ^b,c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

3 D fiber deposition; Cartilage; Fiber reinforcement; Hydrogel; Polymer grafting

Indexed keywords

3D PRINTERS; BEARINGS (MACHINE PARTS); CARTILAGE; HYBRID MATERIALS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); PHOTOPOLYMERIZATION; REINFORCED PLASTICS; REINFORCEMENT;

3-D FIBER DEPOSITION; COVALENT ATTACHMENT; D FIBER; FIBER DEPOSITION; FIBER REINFORCEMENT (E); GELATIN HYDROGELS; POLY(Ε CAPROLACTONE); POLYMER GRAFTING; THERMOPLASTIC POLYMER; Ε-CAPROLACTONE;

HYDROGELS;

GELATIN; POLY(HYDROXYMETHYLGLYCOLIDE CO EPSILON CAPROLACTONE); POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYLACTIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HYDROGEL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE CELL; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVALENT BOND; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RAT; SCHOOL CHILD; SYNTHESIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; HYDROGEL;

CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CARTILAGE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHILD; GELATIN; HUMANS; HYDROGELS;

EID: 84899642034     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: 18787568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2014.02.041     Document Type: Article

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