Relationship between micro-porosity, water permeability and mechanical behavior in scaffolds for cartilage engineering

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 48, Issue , 2015, Pages 60-69

  Vikingsson, L ^a   Claessens, B ^a   Gomez Tejedor J A ^a   Gallego Ferrer, G ^a,b   Gomez Ribelles J L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b BIOMATERIALES Y NANOMEDICINA CIBER BBN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Freezing and thawing; Mechanical properties; Permeability; Poly (vinyl alcohol); Polycaprolactone; Porous scaffolds

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE; CELLS; COMPRESSION TESTING; CYTOLOGY; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROPOROSITY; POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS; PORE PRESSURE; POROSITY; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; QUAY WALLS; STRESS RELAXATION; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

CARTILAGE REGENERATION; CONFINED COMPRESSION TESTS; DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION; FREEZING AND THAWING; MATERIAL ARCHITECTURE; POLYCAPROLACTONE SCAFFOLDS; POROUS SCAFFOLD; STRESS RELAXATION TESTS;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; BIOMATERIAL; HYDROGEL; POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYESTER; WATER;

ARTICLE; CARTILAGE; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); COMPRESSION; EPIPHYSEAL CARTILAGE; FREEZING; HYDROGEL; MECHANICS; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STRESS; THAWING; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; WATER PERMEABILITY; CHEMISTRY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; METABOLISM; PERMEABILITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CARTILAGE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; HYDROGEL; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; PERMEABILITY; POLYESTERS; POROSITY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS; WATER;

EID: 84928333223     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2015.03.021     Document Type: Article

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