Additive manufacturing and characterization of mathematically designed bone scaffolds based on triply periodic minimal surface lattices


YILMAZ ERDEMLİ B.

Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures, cilt.31, sa.15, ss.3492-3502, 2024 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 31 Sayı: 15
  • Basım Tarihi: 2024
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1080/15376494.2023.2177913
  • Dergi Adı: Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.3492-3502
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Triply periodic minimal surfaces, lattice, bone scaffold, compression, 3D printing, porosity
  • Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Lattice structures are widely employed in bone scaffolds to obtain high porosity with interconnected pores and high surface area-to-volume and strength-to-weight ratios. Here, 21 lattice-based scaffold architectures were modeled using implicit functions and additively manufactured using epoxidized soybean oil-based resin. The porosity of the scaffolds ranged from 53.42% ± 1.16% to 98.28% ± 0.75%. Scaffolds with the lowest overall porosity (Group 1) exhibited the highest compressive strength. The compressive strength of eighteen different three-dimensional scaffold designs was compatible with that of human trabecular bone. The results and methodology presented here can facilitate the mathematical design of complex porous scaffolds for bone tissue engineering.