TY  - JOUR
A1  - Zehbe, Rolf
A1  - Zehbe, Kerstin
T1  - Strontium doped poly-epsilon-caprolactone composite scaffolds made by reactive foaming
JF  - The European journal of the history of economic thought
N2  - In the reconstruction and regeneration of bone tissue, a primary goal is to initiate bone growth and to stabilize the surrounding bone. In this regard, a potentially useful component in biomaterials for bone tissue engineering is strontium, which acts as cationic active agent, triggering certain intracellular pathways and acting as so called dual action bone agent which inhibits bone resorption while stimulating bone regeneration. In this study we established a novel processing for the foaming of a polymer (poly-epsilon-caprolactone) and simultaneous chemical reaction of a mixture of calcium and strontium hydroxides to the respective carbonates using supercritical carbon dioxide. The resultant porous composite scaffold was optimized in composition and strontium content and was characterized via different spectroscopic (infrared and Raman spectroscopy, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy), imaging (SEM, mu CT), mechanical testing and in vitro methods (fluorescence vital staining, MTT-assay). As a result, the composite scaffold showed good in vitro biocompatibility with partly open pore structure and the expected chemistry. First mechanical testing results indicate sufficient mechanical stability to support future in vivo applications. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
KW  - Strontium
KW  - Poly-epsilon-caprolactone
KW  - Porous scaffold
KW  - CAL-72 osteoblasts
KW  - L-929 fibroblasts
KW  - Reactive foaming
KW  - mu CT imaging
KW  - Spectroscopy
Y1  - 2016
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msec.2016.05.045
SN  - 0928-4931
SN  - 1873-0191
VL  - 67
SP  - 259
EP  - 266
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  -