Guilherme Caetano

Guilherme Caetano


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Academic Career Length

9Years (2018-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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14 January 2018 in Materials
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Boyang HuangBoyang Huang
Boyang Huang
GCGuilherme Caetano
Guilherme Caetano
Cian VyasCian Vyas
Cian Vyas
JBJonny Blaker
Jonny Blaker
CDCarl Diver
Carl Diver
Paulo BartoloPaulo Bartolo
Paulo Bartolo
The design of bioactive scaffolds with improved mechanical and biological properties is an important topic of research. This paper investigates the use of polymer-ceramic composite scaffolds for bone tissue engineering. Different ceramic materials (hydroxyapatite (HA) and β-tri-calcium phosphate (TCP)) were mixed with poly-ε-caprolactone (PCL). Scaffolds with different material compositions were produced using an extrusion-based additive manufacturing system. The produced scaffolds were physically and chemically assessed, considering mechanical, wettability, scanning electron microscopy and thermal gravimetric tests. Cell viability, attachment and proliferation tests were performed using human adipose derived stem cells (hADSCs). Results show that scaffolds containing HA present better biological properties and TCP scaffolds present improved mechanical properties. It was also possible to observe that the addition of ceramic particles had no effect on the wettability of the scaffolds.