Open-Source Selective Laser Sintering (OpenSLS) of nylon and biocompatible polycaprolactone

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Kinstlinger, Ian S ^a   Bastian, Andreas ^a   Paulsen, Samantha J ^a   Hwang, Daniel H ^a   Ta, Anderson H ^a   Yalacki, David R ^a   Schmidt, Tim ^b   Miller, Jordan S ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b Lansing Makers Network   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NYLON; POLYCAPROLACTONE; BIOMATERIAL; POLYESTER;

ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; OPEN SOURCE SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING; PARTICLE SIZE; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; SURFACE PROPERTY; THREE DIMENSIONAL PRINTING; BONE; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; LASER; MATERIALS TESTING; MESENCHYMAL STROMA CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SURGERY; SYNTHESIS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; YOUNG MODULUS;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BONE AND BONES; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; ELASTIC MODULUS; HUMANS; LASERS; MATERIALS TESTING; MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS; NYLONS; POLYESTERS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84959018772     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0147399     Document Type: Article

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