Deposition of multilayer coatings onto highly porous materials by Layer-by-Layer assembly for bone tissue engineering applications using cyclic mechanical deformation and perfusion
Mohammadali Sahebalzamani, Tina Sadat Hashemi, Zohre Mousavi Nejad, Srishti Agarwal, Helen O. McCarthy, Tanya J. Levingstone, Nicholas Dunne
Abstract
Manufacturing LbL assembly coated highly 3D-porous scaffolds under dynamic conditions using continuous perfusion and cyclic compression significantly enhances their physicomechanical properties compared to those fabricated under static conditions.
Topics & Concepts
Layer (electronics)Materials scienceDeposition (geology)PorosityComposite materialLayer by layerDeformation (meteorology)Biomedical engineeringGeologyEngineeringSedimentPaleontologyPolymer Surface Interaction StudiesBone Tissue Engineering MaterialsAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies