期刊
JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH PART B-APPLIED BIOMATERIALS
卷 109, 期 7, 页码 961-972出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.34761
关键词
3D printing; bone tissue regeneration; composite scaffold; functionalized few‐ layer graphene; polycaprolactone
资金
- Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency [388414-EM]
- European Regional Development Fund [LA ICVS/3Bs -2015-2017, UID/CTM/50025/2013, UID/CTM/50025/2016]
- Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia [SFRH/BD/87214/2012]
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [SFRH/BD/87214/2012] Funding Source: FCT
This study successfully manufactured composite scaffolds based on PCL and FLG for the first time using cryomilling and FDM techniques. The functionalized FLG showed slight changes in scaffold microstructure, enhanced compressive modulus, and good cell viability and proliferation for SaOs-2 cells. These new FLG/PCL scaffolds demonstrated suitable morphological, thermal, mechanical, and biological properties for bone tissue regeneration.
In this study, composite scaffolds based on poly(caprolactone) (PCL) and non-covalently functionalized few-layer graphene (FLG) were manufactured by an extrusion-based system for the first time. For that, functionalized FLG powder was obtained through the evaporation of a functionalized FLG aqueous suspension prepared from a graphite precursor. Cryomilling was shown to be an efficient mixing method, producing a homogeneous dispersion of FLG particles onto the PCL polymeric matrix. Thereafter, fused deposition modeling (FDM) was used to print 3D scaffolds and their morphology, thermal, biodegradability, mechanical, and cytotoxicity properties were analysed. The presence of functionalized FLG demonstrated to induce slight changes in the microstructure of the scaffold, did not affect the thermal stability and enhanced significantly the compressive modulus. The composite scaffolds presented a porosity of around 40% and a mean pore size in the range of 300 mu m. The cell viability and proliferation of SaOs-2 cells were assessed and the results showed good cell viability and long-term proliferation onto produced composite scaffolds. Therefore, these new FLG/PCL scaffolds comprised adequate morphological, thermal, mechanical, and biological properties to be used in bone tissue regeneration.
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