Design, evaluation, and optimization of 3D printed truss scaffolds for bone tissue engineering

Shirzad, M, Zolfagharian, A, Matbouei, A and Bodaghi, M ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0707-944X, 2021. Design, evaluation, and optimization of 3D printed truss scaffolds for bone tissue engineering. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials: 104594. ISSN 1751-6161

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Abstract

One of tissue engineering's main goals is to fabricate three-dimensional (3D) scaffolds with interconnected pores to reconstruct and regenerate damaged or deformed tissues and organs. In this regard, 3D printing is a promising technique for the fabrication of tissue scaffolds, which can precisely make predetermined and complicated architectures. This study aims to investigate and optimize the physical, mechanical, and biological properties of 3D truss architecture tissue scaffolds with different pore geometries. The mechanical properties of poly (methyl methacrylate) scaffolds are analysed experimentally and numerically. Furthermore, the mechanical and physical properties of scaffolds are optimized with response surface methodology (RSM), and cell adhesion of the 3D truss scaffold studies. Results demonstrate that mechanical properties of the simple and gradient scaffolds have different mechanical behaviors that are strongly correlated with pore size and their architectures, rather than merely the values of the porosity. It is also observed that the RSM technique can enable designers to enhance mechanical and physical properties of scaffolds at low cost. Moreover, the results of biological behaviour can endorse the reliability of 3D truss architecture in bone tissue engineering.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials
Creators:	Shirzad, M., Zolfagharian, A., Matbouei, A. and Bodaghi, M.
Publisher:	Elsevier
Date:	15 May 2021
ISSN:	1751-6161
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2021.104594 DOI S1751616121002769 Publisher Item Identifier 1439153 Other
Divisions:	Schools > School of Science and Technology
Record created by:	Jonathan Gallacher
Date Added:	19 May 2021 15:11
Last Modified:	15 May 2022 03:00
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/42889

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