With the development of three-dimensional (3D) printing technology, porous metal scaffolds
can be well fabricated. In contrast to conventional methods, 3D printing of porous scaffolds is …

Porous and functionally graded materials have seen extensive applications in modern
biomedical devices—allowing for improved site-specific performance; their appreciable …

A bionic scaffold with ideal osteoconductive and osteoinductive characteristics is in urgent
demand. The trabecular-like scaffold and corresponding regular scaffold with cubic cells …

Bone tissue has an astonishing self-healing capacity yet only for non-critical size defects (<
6 mm) and clinical intervention is needed for critical-size defects and beyond that along with …

Porous metal is metal with special porous structures, which can offer high biocompatibility
and low Young's modulus to satisfy the need for orthopedic applications. Titanium and …

Mimicking hierarchical porous architecture of bone has been considered as a valid
approach to promote bone regeneration. In this study, hierarchical porous β-tricalcium …

The progress in additive manufacturing has remarkably increased the application of lattice
materials in the biomedical field for the fabrication of scaffolds used as bone substitutes …

Titanium alloy prostheses have been widely used for the treatment of orthopedic diseases,
in which the interconnected porosity and appropriate pore size are crucial for the …

Background One of the main problems associated with the development of osteochondral
reparative materials is that the accurate imitation of the structure of the natural osteochondral …

Porosity is indispensable for a bone tissue-engineered scaffold for facilitating endogenous
cell migration and nascent bone ingrowth. In large-sized cranial bone defect repair, porous …