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BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING
Volume 108, Issue 4, Pages 963-976Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/bit.23018
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gas foaming; hydroxyapatite; poly(epsilon-caprolactone); pore structure; scaffold; tissue engineering
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In this study, we investigated the processing/structure/property relationship of multi-scaled porous biodegradable scaffolds prepared by combining the gas foaming and NaCl reverse templating techniques. Poly(e-caprolactone) (PCL), hydroxyapatite (HA) nano-particles and NaCl micro-particles were melt-mixed by selecting different compositions and subsequently gas foamed by a pressure-quench method. The NaCl micro-particles were finally removed from the foamed systems in order to allow for the achievement of the multi-scaled scaffold pore structure. The control of the micro-structural properties of the scaffolds was obtained by the optimal combination of the NaCl templating concentration and the composition of the CO2-N-2 mixture as the blowing agent. In particular, these parameters were accurately selected to allow for the fabrication of PCL and PCL-HA composite scaffolds with multi-scaled open pore structures. Finally, the biocompatibility of the scaffolds has been assessed by cultivating pre-osteoblast MG63 cells in vitro, thus demonstrating their potential applications for bone regeneration. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 2011;108: 963-976. (C) 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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