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  • Title: Preparation of 3-D regenerated fibroin scaffolds with freeze drying method and freeze drying/foaming technique.
    Author: Lv Q, Feng Q.
    Journal: J Mater Sci Mater Med; 2006 Dec; 17(12):1349-56. PubMed ID: 17143767.
    Abstract:
    Although three-dimensional fibroin scaffolds have been prepared with freeze drying method, the porosity and pore sizes still can not satisfy the requirement of tissue engineering. In this article, fibroin porous scaffold with high porosity and > 100 microm diameter interconnected pores was firstly prepared with freeze drying method through adjusting fibroin concentration. The morphology of different scaffolds lyophilized from different fibroin concentration was observed by SEM. A novel freeze drying improved method, freeze drying/foaming technique, was also devised to prepare fibroin scaffolds at different fibroin concentrations. Using the said method, the porosity and pore size of fibroin scaffolds prepared from 12% concentration were 85.8 +/- 4% and 109 +/- 20 microm respectively with yield strength up to 450 +/- 6 KPa while the porosity and pore size of fibroin scaffolds prepared from 8% concentration were 96.9 +/- 3.6% and 120 +/- 30 microm respectively with yield strength up to 30 +/- 1 KPa. The freeze drying/foaming technique produced scaffolds with a useful combination of high yield strength, interconnected pores, and pore sizes greater than 100 microm in diameter. Through adjusting fibroin concentration and thawing time, the porosity, pore sizes and mechanical properties could be controlled to satisfy the different requirements of tissue engineering. The results suggested that fibroin scaffolds prepared with the above methods could be formed for utility in biomaterial application.
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