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Recent advances in 3D-printed polylactide and polycaprolactone-based biomaterials for tissue engineering applications
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Meisam Jalalvand,
Mokarram Hossain
International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, Volume: 218, Pages: 930 - 968
Swansea University Author:
Mokarram Hossain
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DOI (Published version): 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2022.07.140
Abstract
The three-dimensional printing (3DP) also known as the additive manufacturing (AM), a novel and futuristic technology that facilitates the printing of multiscale, biomimetic, intricate cytoarchitecture, function-structure hierarchy, multi-cellular tissues in the complicated micro-environment, patien...
| Published in: | International Journal of Biological Macromolecules |
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| ISSN: | 0141-8130 |
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Elsevier BV
2022
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60637 |
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The three-dimensional printing (3DP) also known as the additive manufacturing (AM), a novel and futuristic technology that facilitates the printing of multiscale, biomimetic, intricate cytoarchitecture, function-structure hierarchy, multi-cellular tissues in the complicated micro-environment, patient-specific scaffolds, and medical devices. There is an increasing demand for developing 3D-printed products that can be utilized for organ transplantations due to the organ shortage. Nowadays, the 3DP has gained considerable interest in the tissue engineering (TE) field. The AM of bioactive materials particularly biopolymers permits the manufacturing of implants at specific defective sites with tunable properties and controllable chemical composition. Polylactide (PLA) and polycaprolactone (PCL) are exemplary biomaterials with excellent physicochemical properties and biocompatibility, which have drawn notable attraction in tissue regeneration. Herein, the recent advancements in the PLA and PCL biodegradable polymer-based composites as well as their reinforcement with hydrogels and bio-ceramics scaffolds manufactured through 3DP are systematically summarized and the applications of bone, cardiac, neural, vascularized and skin tissue regeneration are thoroughly elucidated. The interaction between implanted biodegradable polymers, in-vivo and in-vitro testing models for possible evaluation of degradation and biological properties are also illustrated. The final section of this review incorporates the current challenges and future opportunities in the 3DP of PCL- and PLA-based composites that will prove helpful for biomedical engineers to fulfill the demands of the clinical field. |
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| Keywords: |
Polylactic acid, Polycaprolactone, 3D printing, Biodegradability, Tissue engineering, Scaffolds |
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Faculty of Science and Engineering |
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This work was not supported by any funding. |
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