Novel fabrication of hierarchically porous hydroxyapatite scaffolds with refined porosity and suitable strength
journal contribution
posted on 2015-08-27, 10:23authored byZhichao Chen, X.L. Zhang, Kui Zhou, H. Cai, Changqing Liu
Based on extrusion deposition and foaming technique, a novel method for biological hydroxyapatite (HA) scaffolds was introduced in this paper. The scaffolds were primarily characterised by interconnected and hierarchically porous structures with high porosity, adjustable distribution of pore sizes, as well as considerable mechanical strength. In order to confirm that fine control of bulk porosity and mechanical strength was possible and feasible, further analysis of obtained scaffolds was carried out by field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM), compressive test and calculation of volumetric shrinkage; in particular, the additional porosity resulting from the introduction of pore former was evaluated. The results indicated that this method can have a great potential to construct HA scaffolds of suitable quality for spongy bone in bone tissue engineering.
Funding
Seventh
European Community Framework Programme for
financial support through a Marie Curie International
Research Staff Exchange Scheme Project entitled
‘Micro-multi-material manufacture to enable multifunctional
miniaturised devices (M6)’ (Grant No. PIRSESGA-2010-269113),
as well as the Analytical and Testing
Center in HUST.
History
School
Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Published in
ADVANCES IN APPLIED CERAMICS
Volume
114
Issue
3
Pages
183 - 187 (5)
Citation
CHEN, Z.C. et al., 2014. Novel fabrication of hierarchically porous hydroxyapatite scaffolds with refined porosity and suitable strength. Advances in Applied Ceramics, 114 (3), pp. 183 - 187.
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Publication date
2014
Notes
Closed access. This article was published in the journal, Advances in Applied Ceramics Volume 114 (3) and the definitive version is available at: http://www.maneyonline.com/doi/10.1179/1743676114Y.0000000213