SCI和EI收录∣中国化工学会会刊

Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering ›› 2018, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (1): 207-212.DOI: 10.1016/j.cjche.2017.04.005

• Materials and Product Engineering • 上一篇    下一篇

Bi-/multi-modal pore formation of PLGA/hydroxyapatite composite scaffolds by heterogeneous nucleation in supercritical CO2 foaming

Xin Xin, Yixin Guan, Shanjing Yao   

  1. College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
  • 收稿日期:2017-02-10 修回日期:2017-04-07 出版日期:2018-01-28 发布日期:2018-03-01
  • 通讯作者: Yixin Guan,E-mail address:guanyx@zju.edu.cn
  • 基金资助:

    Support by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21276225, 21476196).

Bi-/multi-modal pore formation of PLGA/hydroxyapatite composite scaffolds by heterogeneous nucleation in supercritical CO2 foaming

Xin Xin, Yixin Guan, Shanjing Yao   

  1. College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
  • Received:2017-02-10 Revised:2017-04-07 Online:2018-01-28 Published:2018-03-01
  • Contact: Yixin Guan,E-mail address:guanyx@zju.edu.cn
  • Supported by:

    Support by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21276225, 21476196).

摘要: Scaffolds with multimodal pore structure are essential to cells differentiation and proliferation in bone tissue engineering. Bi-/multi-modal porous PLGA/hydroxyapatite composite scaffolds were prepared by supercritical CO2 foaming in which hydroxyapatite acted as heterogeneous nucleation agent. Bimodal porous scaffolds were prepared under certain conditions, i.e. hydroxyapatite addition of 5%, depressurization rate of 0.3 MPa·min-1, soaking temperature of 55℃, and pressure of 9 MPa. And scaffolds presented specific structure of small pores (122 μm±66 μm) in the cellular walls of large pores (552 μm±127 μm). Furthermore, multimodal porous PLGA scaffolds with micro-pores (37 μm±11 μm) were obtained at low soaking pressure of 7.5 MPa. The interconnected porosity of scaffolds ranged from (52.53±2.69)% to (83.08±2.42)% by adjusting depressurization rate, while compression modulus satisfied the requirement of bone tissue engineering. Solvent-free CO2 foaming method is promising to fabricate bi-/multi-modal porous scaffolds in one step, and bioactive particles for osteogenesis could serve as nucleation agents.

关键词: Supercritical carbon dioxide, Foam, Tissue engineering, PLGA scaffolds, Hydroxyapatite, Bi-/multi-modal pore

Abstract: Scaffolds with multimodal pore structure are essential to cells differentiation and proliferation in bone tissue engineering. Bi-/multi-modal porous PLGA/hydroxyapatite composite scaffolds were prepared by supercritical CO2 foaming in which hydroxyapatite acted as heterogeneous nucleation agent. Bimodal porous scaffolds were prepared under certain conditions, i.e. hydroxyapatite addition of 5%, depressurization rate of 0.3 MPa·min-1, soaking temperature of 55℃, and pressure of 9 MPa. And scaffolds presented specific structure of small pores (122 μm±66 μm) in the cellular walls of large pores (552 μm±127 μm). Furthermore, multimodal porous PLGA scaffolds with micro-pores (37 μm±11 μm) were obtained at low soaking pressure of 7.5 MPa. The interconnected porosity of scaffolds ranged from (52.53±2.69)% to (83.08±2.42)% by adjusting depressurization rate, while compression modulus satisfied the requirement of bone tissue engineering. Solvent-free CO2 foaming method is promising to fabricate bi-/multi-modal porous scaffolds in one step, and bioactive particles for osteogenesis could serve as nucleation agents.

Key words: Supercritical carbon dioxide, Foam, Tissue engineering, PLGA scaffolds, Hydroxyapatite, Bi-/multi-modal pore