About this Abstract |
Meeting |
MS&T22: Materials Science & Technology
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Symposium
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3D Printing of Biomaterials and Devices
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Presentation Title |
Periodic Cellular Ceramic Structures by Replication of Additive Manufactured Templates |
Author(s) |
Swantje Simon, Maximilian Meyse, Tobias Fey |
On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Swantje Simon |
Abstract Scope |
The replica technique is one of the most established manufacturing methods of highly porous scaffolds for bone tissue engineering. Despite a multitude of possible templates, this method is limited in terms of reproducibility and periodicity. We overcome this issue by 3D-printing of designed periodic polymer templates which we further process with the replica technique to obtain cellular ceramics with adjustable micro- and macrostructure. The periodic structure (Kelvin cells) was created using a computer-aided design (CAD) software changing the strut shape and thickness. The structures were 3D-printed with rigid polymer and afterwards processed with the classical replica technique. The combination of polymer 3D-printing and the replica technique brings us one-step closer to the excellent replication of cellular materials. |