Production, mechanical properties and in vitro biocompatibility of highly aligned porous poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL)/hydroxyapatite (HA) scaffolds

Won Young Choi; Hyoun Ee Kim; Young Hag Koh

doi:10.1007/s10934-012-9644-4

Production, mechanical properties and in vitro biocompatibility of highly aligned porous poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL)/hydroxyapatite (HA) scaffolds

Won Young Choi, Hyoun Ee Kim, Young Hag Koh

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Abstract

We produced highly aligned porous poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL)/hydroxyapatite (HA) scaffolds by unidirectionally freezing PCL/HA solutions with various HA contents (0, 5, 10 and 20 wt% in relation to the PCL polymer) and evaluated their mechanical properties and in vitro biocompatibility to examine their potential applications in bone tissue engineering. All the prepared scaffolds had a highly aligned porous structure, in which the HA particles were uniformly dispersed in the PCL walls. The elastic modulus of the PCL/HA scaffolds significantly increased from 0.12 ± 0.02 to 2.65 ± 0.05 MPa with increasing initial HA content from 0 to 20 wt%, whereas the pore size decreased from 9.2 ± 0.7 to 4.2 ± 0.8 μm. In addition, the PCL/HA scaffolds showed considerably enhanced in vitro cellular responses that were assessed in terms of cell attachment, proliferation and osteoblastic differentiation.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	701-708
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of Porous Materials
Volume	20
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10934-012-9644-4
Publication status	Published - 2013 Aug

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Acknowledgments Contract Grand sponsor: Korea Healthcare technology R&D Project, Ministry of Health & Welfare, Republic of Korea; contract grant number : A110416.

Keywords

Biocompatibility
Hydroxyapatite
Poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL)
Porous
Scaffold

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General Materials Science
Mechanics of Materials
Mechanical Engineering

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