Hyaline cartilage is the nonlinear, inhomogeneous, anisotropic, poro-viscoelastic connective
tissue that serves as friction-reducing and load-bearing cushion in synovial joints and is vital …

In severe tissue destruction, not only large number of cells are destroyed, but also the
extracellular matrix (ECM). The ECM is a three-dimensional (3D) network that provides …

Recently, functional applications of thermoplastic foams have received extensive attention
from the research and materials communities, focusing on their various applications, key …

Three-dimensional (3D) fibrillated interconnected porous poly (ε-caprolactone)(PCL)
scaffolds with desirable pore sizes and porosities were prepared by blending PCL with …

Porous shape memory polymers (SMPs) exhibit geometric and volumetric shape change
when actuated by an external stimulus and can be fabricated as foams, scaffolds, meshes …

Electrospinning is considered a powerful method for the production of fibers in the
nanoscale size. Small pore size results in poor cell infiltration, cell migration inhibition into …

In this study, a commercially available foam injection-molding machine was enhanced with a
mold opening technique to produce polypropylene open-cell acoustic foams. Gas counter …

A knotty issue concerning the poor mechanical properties exists in the porogen leaching
approach to porous scaffolds, despite its advantage in tuning pore structure. To address this …

There are many challenges facing fabrication technologies for tissue-engineered scaffolds
with respect to the several structural, mechanical, chemical and material properties required …

Notwithstanding the advances achieved in the last decades in the field of synthetic bone
substitutes, the development of biodegradable 3D-printed scaffolds with ideal mechanical …