LAPSE:2020.0886
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LAPSE:2020.0886
A Comparison of Bioactive Glass Scaffolds Fabricated ‎by Robocasting from Powders Made by Sol−Gel and Melt-Quenching Methods
Basam A. E. Ben-Arfa, Robert C. Pullar
July 17, 2020
Bioactive glass scaffolds are used in bone and tissue biomedical implants, and there is great interest in their fabrication by additive manufacturing/3D printing techniques, such as robocasting. Scaffolds need to be macroporous with voids ≥100 m to allow cell growth and vascularization, biocompatible and bioactive, with mechanical properties matching the host tissue (cancellous bone for bone implants), and able to dissolve/resorb over time. Most bioactive glasses are based on silica to form the glass network, with calcium and phosphorous content for new bone growth, and a glass modifier such as sodium, the best known being 45S5 Bioglass®. 45S5 scaffolds were first robocast in 2013 from melt-quenched glass powder. Sol−gel-synthesized bioactive glasses have potential advantages over melt-produced glasses (e.g., greater porosity and bioactivity), but until recently were never robocast as scaffolds, due to inherent problems, until 2019 when high-silica-content sol−gel bioactive glasses (HSSGG) were robocast for the first time. In this review, we look at the sintering, porosity, bioactivity, biocompatibility, and mechanical properties of robocast sol−gel bioactive glass scaffolds and compare them to the reported results for robocast melt-quench-synthesized 45S5 Bioglass® scaffolds. The discussion includes formulation of the printing paste/ink and the effects of variations in scaffold morphology and inorganic additives/dopants.
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45S5 Bioglass®, bioactive glass, biomaterials, biomedical implants, robocasting, scaffold, sol–gel
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Ben-Arfa BAE, Pullar RC. A Comparison of Bioactive Glass Scaffolds Fabricated ‎by Robocasting from Powders Made by Sol−Gel and Melt-Quenching Methods. (2020). LAPSE:2020.0886
Author Affiliations
Ben-Arfa BAE: Department of Materials and Ceramic Engineering/CICECO—Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, 3810‎-‎193 Aveiro, Portugal
Pullar RC: Department of Materials and Ceramic Engineering/CICECO—Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, 3810‎-‎193 Aveiro, Portugal
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Processes
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8
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5
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E615
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2020
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2020-05-21
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2227-9717
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