Fabrication and compressive strength of porous hydroxyapatite scaffolds with a functionally graded core/shell structure

Young Mi Soon, Kwan Ha Shin, Young Hag Koh, Jong Hoon Lee, Won Young Choi, Hyoun Ee Kim

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    Abstract

    A novel type of porous hydroxyapatite (HA) scaffolds with a functionally graded core/shell structure was fabricated by freeze casting HA/camphene slurries with various HA contents into fugitive molds containing a graphite template with three-dimensionally interconnected pores for the creation of a highly porous core. All the fabricated samples had functionally graded core/shell structures with 3-D periodic pore networks in a core surrounded by a relatively dense shell. The overall porosity of the sample decreased from 60 to 38. vol% with increasing HA content in the HA/camphene slurry from 20 to 36. vol% due to a decrease in porosity in both the core and shell regions. In addition, the compressive strength was improved remarkably from 12 ± 1.1 to 32 ± 3.0 MPa. The in vitro cell test using a pre-osteoblast cell line showed that the samples had good biocompatibility.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)13-18
    Number of pages6
    JournalJournal of the European Ceramic Society
    Volume31
    Issue number1-2
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2011 Jan

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    This work was supported by the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (KOSEF) grant funded by the Korea government (MEST) (No. 2009-0073415 ).

    Keywords

    • Apatite
    • Biomedical applications
    • Mechanical properties
    • Porosity
    • Suspensions

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Ceramics and Composites
    • Materials Chemistry

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