Accelerated degradation of poly-ε-caprolactone composite scaffolds for large bone defects

• Main Authors: Daskalakis, Evangelos, Hassan, Mohamed H., Omar, Abdalla M., Acar, Anil A., Fallah, Ali, Cooper, Glen, Weightman, Andrew, Blunn, Gordon, Koc, Bahattin, Bartolo, Paulo
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Engineering::Mechanical engineering; 3D Printing; Additive Manufacturing
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/168787
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This research investigates the accelerated hydrolytic degradation process of both anatomically designed bone scaffolds with a pore size gradient and a rectangular shape (biomimetically designed scaffolds or bone bricks). The effect of material composition is investigated considering poly-ε-caprolact...