Development and Characterization of Novel Porous 3D Alginate-Cockle Shell Powder Nanobiocomposite Bone Scaffold
Table 1
Pore diameter range and average pore size (m) of each scaffold observed through SEM analysis.
Samples
Composition (%) Alg : nCP
Pore diameter range (m)
Average pore size (m)
Description
Scaffold 1
80 : 20
72–336
Samples showed the presence of typical egg box structure of alginate with numerous rounded and well interconnected pores.
Scaffold 2
60 : 40
56–333
Scaffold 3
40 : 60
50–231
Scaffold 4
20 : 80
136–645
Sample appeared to display elongated pores with overlapping sheet like structure with wide spacing between sheets. Very few rounded pores were observed.
Scaffold 5
100 : 0
76–385
Sample appeared to display a lamellar sheet like structure with very few rounded pores.
