On Biomimetics by Lilyana Pramatarova

On Biomimetics
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Comparison of CM for Scaffolds (n=6)

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Comparison of UCS for Scaffolds (n=6)

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Fig. 12. Compressive mechanical properties of PCL-CaP composites scaffolds. A:

Comparison of the compressive modulus of 100% PCL, 90:10 and 80:20 PCL-CaP scaffolds;

B: Comparison of the ultimate compressive strength with different concentrations of CaP.

Figure 12 summarized our compressive testing results for scaffolds with 600μm pores. We

noticed the same trend as the cylinders: with the increasing CaP contents, the mechanical

performance of scaffolds improved. The 600μm pure PCL scaffolds had UCS values of

2.7770.26MPa and a CM of 43.973.15MPa while the 90/10 PCL-CaP scaffolds had UCS

value of 3.210.53MPa, CM of 46.66.49MPa and 80/20 had UCS of 3.7020.207MPa, CM of