• 文献标题:   3D Fabrication and Characterisation of Electrically Receptive PCL-Graphene Scaffolds for Bioengineered In Vitro Tissue Models
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   MCIVOR MJ, MAOLMHUAIDH FO, MEENAGH A, HUSSAIN S, BHATTACHARYA G, FISHLOCK S, WARD J, MCFERRAN A, ACHESON JG, CAHILL PA, FORSTER R, MCENEANEY DJ, BOYD AR, MEENAN BJ
  • 作者关键词:   polycaprolactone, graphene, 3d fabrication, fused deposition modelling, bioactivity, electroactivity
  • 出版物名称:   MATERIALS
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  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.3390/ma15249030
  • 出版年:   2022

▎ 摘  要

Polycaprolactone (PCL) is a well-established biomaterial, offering extensive mechanical attributes along with low cost, biocompatibility, and biodegradability; however, it lacks hydrophilicity, bioactivity, and electrical conductivity. Advances in 3D fabrication technologies allow for these sought-after attributes to be incorporated into the scaffolds during fabrication. In this study, solvent-free Fused Deposition Modelling was employed to fabricate 3D scaffolds from PCL with increasing amounts of graphene (G), in the concentrations of 0.75, 1.5, 3, and 6% (w/w). The PCL+G scaffolds created were characterised physico-chemically, electrically, and biologically. Raman spectroscopy demonstrated that the scaffold outer surface contained both PCL and G, with the G component relatively uniformly distributed. Water contact angle measurement demonstrated that as the amount of G in the scaffold increases (0.75-6% w/w), hydrophobicity decreases; mean contact angle for pure PCL was recorded as 107.22 +/- 9.39 degrees, and that with 6% G (PCL+6G) as 77.56 +/- 6.75 degrees. Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy demonstrated a marked increase in electroactivity potential with increasing G concentration. Cell viability results indicated that even the smallest addition of G (0.75%) resulted in a significant improvement in electroactivity potential and bioactivity compared with that for pure PCL, with 1.5 and 3% exhibiting the highest statistically significant increases in cell proliferation.