Melt electrowriting of PLA, PCL, and composite PLA/PCL scaffolds for tissue engineering application.

ABSTRACT: Fabrication of well-ordered and bio-mimetic scaffolds is one of the most important research lines in tissue engineering. Different techniques have been utilized to achieve this goal, however, each method has its own disadvantages. Recently, melt electrowriting (MEW) as a technique for fabrication of well-organized scaffolds has attracted the researchers' attention due to simultaneous use of principles of additive manufacturing and electrohydrodynamic phenomena. In previous research studies, polycaprolactone (PCL) has been mostly used in MEW process. PCL is a biocompatible polymer with characteristics that make it easy to fabricate well-arranged structures using MEW device. However, the mechanical properties of PCL are not favorable for applications like bone tissue engineering. Furthermore

SUBMITTER: Shahverdi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9675866 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature