Issue 12, 2024

An integrated design strategy coupling additive manufacturing and matrix-assisted pulsed laser evaporation (MAPLE) towards the development of a new concept 3D scaffold with improved properties for tissue regeneration

Abstract

Bioinspired strategies for scaffold design and optimization were improved by the introduction of Additive Manufacturing (AM), thus allowing for replicating and reproducing complex shapes and structures in a reliable manner, adopting different kinds of polymeric and nanocomposite materials properly combined according to the features of the natural host tissues. Benefiting from recent findings in AM, a Matrix-Assisted Pulsed Laser Evaporation (MAPLE) technique was employed for obtaining graphene-like material (GL) uniform coatings on 3D scaffolds for tissue repair strategies, towards the development of a new concept 3D scaffold with controlled morphological/architectural and surface features and mechanical and biological properties. The effect of the material-design combination through an integrated technological approach (i.e., MAPLE deposition of GL on 3D AM PCL scaffolds) was assessed through scanning electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, contact angle measurements, mechanical measurements and biological analyses (cell viability assay and alkaline phosphatase activity) in conjunction with confocal laser scanning microscopy. The differentiation of hMSCs towards the osteoblast phenotype was also investigated analysing the gene expression profile. The obtained findings provided a further insight into the development of improved strategies for the functionalization or combination of GL with other materials and 3D structures in a hybrid fashion for ensuring a tighter adhesion onto the substrates, improving cell fate over time, without negatively altering the mechanical properties and behaviour of the neat constructs. In particular, the results provided interesting information, making 3D AM GL-coated scaffolds potential candidates for bone tissue engineering.

Graphical abstract: An integrated design strategy coupling additive manufacturing and matrix-assisted pulsed laser evaporation (MAPLE) towards the development of a new concept 3D scaffold with improved properties for tissue regeneration

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
31 yan 2024
Accepted
12 apr 2024
First published
12 apr 2024
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Nanoscale Adv., 2024,6, 3064-3072

An integrated design strategy coupling additive manufacturing and matrix-assisted pulsed laser evaporation (MAPLE) towards the development of a new concept 3D scaffold with improved properties for tissue regeneration

T. Russo, V. Peluso, A. Gloria, V. Gargiulo, M. Alfe and G. Ausanio, Nanoscale Adv., 2024, 6, 3064 DOI: 10.1039/D4NA00098F

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