Conference Paper

Travelling along the Clinical Roadmap: Developing Electrospun Scaffolds for Tendon Repair

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Polymer/solvent combinations for creating electrospun 3D bundles: poly(ε-caprolactone) PCL (acetone), PCL (1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoroisopropanol; HFIP), 50 : 50 blend of PCL and PLGA (poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid)) in HFIP, and PLGA (HFIP) demonstrating scaffold morphologies from scanning electron micrographs (scale bar 20 μm), fibre diameter, and mechanical properties in terms of Young’s modulus and tensile strength (mean ± standard deviation).
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