Surface entrapment of chitosan on 3D printed polylactic acid scaffold and its biomimetic growth of hydroxyapatite

• Main Authors: Jian, Wang, Zakaria, Nor Hidayah, Abd Razak, Saiful Izwan, Abdul Kadir, Mohammed Rafiq, Mat Nayan, Nadirul Hasraf, Li, Yi, Mat Amin, Khairul Anuar
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2018
• Subjects: TP200-248 Chemicals: Manufacture, use, etc.
• Online Access: http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4476/1/AJ%202018%20%28773%29%20Surface%20entrapment%20of%20chitosan%20on%203D%20printed%20polylactic%20acid%20scaffold%20and%20its%20biomimetic%20growth%20of%20hydroxyapatite.pdf; http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4476/

This work reports the surface modification of 3D printed PLA scaffold with chitosan and its hydroxyapatite (HA) forming capability. PLA scaffold was fabricated using a desktop 3D printer followed by the inclusion of chitosan on the surface via surface entrapment. Confocal laser scanning microscopy (...