Reinforcement of hydroxyethyl cellulose / poly (vinyl alcohol)with cellulose nanocrystal as a bone tissue engineering scaffold

• Main Authors: Farah Hanani, Zulkifli, Nor Sarahtul Nadirah, Hairol Nizan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Netherlands 2020
• Subjects: Q Science (General)
• Online Access: http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/28716/1/Reinforcement%20of%20hydroxyethyl%20cellulose%20poly%20vinyl%20alcohol%20with%20cellulose%20nanocrystal%20as%20a%20bone%20tissue%20engineering%20scaffold.pdf; http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/28716/; https://doi.org/10.1007/s10965-020-02112-6; https://doi.org/10.1007/s10965-020-02112-6

n this present work, a porous three-dimensional (3D) scaffoldof HEC/PVA and HEC/PVA/CNC were successfully fabricated byfreeze-drying technique. HEC (5 wt%) and PVA (15 wt%) were dissolved and blended at a ratio of 50:50 and incorporated withCNC (3 wt%) as nanofillers to obtain a highly porous scaffo...