Hybrid PCL/hydrogel scaffold fabrication and in-process plasma treatment using PABS

• Main Authors: Liu, Fengyuan, Mishbak, Hussein, Bartolo, Paulo
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Hybrid Scaffold; DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Prototyping; PABS
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/88717; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/45873
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

A key challenge in tissue engineering is the fabrication of synthetic scaffolds with adequate chemical, physical and biological cues. This paper describes a novel plasma-assisted bioextrusion system (PABS) to produce functional-gradient scaffolds. It comprises two pressureassisted and a screw-ass...