Journal
MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING C-MATERIALS FOR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
Volume 112, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2020.110937
Keywords
Methacrylated gelatin; Nano-hydroxyapatite particles; Triethyleneglycol dimethacrylate; Printability; Strength; Swelling
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- Canadian Institutes of Health Research [389569]
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In tissue engineering, there is a growing interest in the development of 3D printable bone tissue-inspired nanocomposites. However, most such nanocomposites have poor mechanical properties, owing to poor dispersion of the mineral phase (e.g. nano-hydroxyapatite, nHA) within the organic phase (e.g. methacrylated gelatin, GelMA) and low volume fractions of each phase. Triethyleneglycol dimethacrylate (TEGDMA) is commonly added to dental resin-based composites to improve the properties of the dental resin. Here, the effects of substituting a portion of the water phase in a GelMA-nHA composite with TEGDMA were evaluated. TEGDMA improved the dispersion of nHA within the highly-concentrated GelMA-based composite ink, as well as increased the inks shear yield strength and reduced the critical energy for ink cure. As a result, the printability of the composite ink was greatly improved upon TEGDMA inclusion. Lastly, while the swelling of the cast composite in 37 degrees C water increased slightly, the mechanical properties (tensile strength, toughness, and stiffness) of the cast composite increased by at least an order of magnitude upon TEGDMA addition, and all composites demonstrated MSC cytocompatibility after 24 h. Overall, TEGDMA shows promise as an additive to tune properties of the GelMA-nHA system towards use in tissue engineering applications.
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