Unveiling In situ fibrillation for superior tissue scaffolds with two-phase copolymer microcellular foams

J Li, N Zhang, J Jiang, Y Li, Y Liu, X Wang… - Materials Today Chemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
High open-pore content and high mechanical strength are important in Tissue engineering.
However, an increase in one property is often at the expense of the other. This study reports …

Engineering of foamed structures for biomedical application

A Salerno, PA Netti, E Di Maio… - Journal of cellular …, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
The aim of this study was to combine gas foaming (GF) and reverse templating techniques to
prepare open-pore polymeric foams with pore structures specifically designed for tissue …

Fabrication of fibrillated and interconnected porous poly (ε-caprolactone) vascular tissue engineering scaffolds by microcellular foaming and polymer leaching

J Hou, J Jiang, H Guo, X Guo, X Wang, Y Shen, Q Li - RSC advances, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
This paper provides a method combining eco-friendly supercritical CO2 microcellular
foaming and polymer leaching to fabricate small-diameter vascular tissue engineering …

Fabrication of novel open-cell foams of poly (ε-caprolactone)/poly (lactic acid) blends for tissue-engineering scaffolds

Z Lv, N Zhao, Z Wu, C Zhu, Q Li - Industrial & Engineering …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Poly (ε-caprolactone)/poly (lactic acid)(PCL/PLA) blends are very promising materials with
biodegradable characteristics and tailorable performance for many applications. In this …

Design and preparation of μ‐bimodal porous scaffold for tissue engineering

A Salerno, M Oliviero, E Di Maio… - Journal of applied …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of this study was to prepare poly‐ϵ‐caprolactone (PCL) foams, with a well‐defined
micrometric and bimodal open‐pore dimension distribution, suitable as scaffolds for tissue …

Fabrication of hydrophilic small diameter vascular foam scaffolds of poly (ε-caprolactone)/polylactic blend by sodium hydroxide solution

N Zhao, Z Lv, J Ma, C Zhu, Q Li - European Polymer Journal, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Small diameter (diameter< 6 mm) vascular scaffolds lead to increased
hemodynamic disturbances and thrombogenic complications which challenged the material …

Current Trend and New Opportunities for Multifunctional Bio-Scaffold Fabrication via High-Pressure Foaming

MA Fanovich, E Di Maio, A Salerno - Journal of Functional Biomaterials, 2023 - mdpi.com
Biocompatible and biodegradable foams prepared using the high-pressure foaming
technique have been widely investigated in recent decades as porous scaffolds for in vitro …

Solvent‐Free Generation of Foamed Microcapillary Films with a Dual Network of Interconnected Pores and Internal Channels

J Zhao, Z Xu, S Zheng, C Liu, J Liu… - Macromolecular …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A dual‐pore network is favored in applications such as tissue engineering scaffolds. In this
paper, foamed microcapillary films (FMCFs) are prepared based on a poly (lactic acid)/poly …

Foaming technology of tissue engineering scaffolds-a review

QZ Chen - Bubble Science, Engineering & Technology, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Tissue engineering combines isolated functional cells and a biodegradable biomaterial to
promote the regeneration of repair diseased or injured tissues. A highly porous scaffold …

Biodegradable polymer scaffolds with well-defined interconnected spherical pore network

PX Ma, JW Choi - Tissue engineering, 2001 - liebertpub.com
Scaffolding plays pivotal role in tissue engineering. In this work, a novel processing
technique has been developed to create three-dimensional biodegradable polymer …