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Tricalcium phosphate (TCP) scaffolds with controlled internal porosity were fabricated with a suspension of TCP in diacrylate cross-linking monomers using a mold prepared by ink-jet printing. Scaffolds were removed by selective dissolution of the mold. They were heat treated for removal of the acrylic binder followed by sintering. Despite a considerable linear shrinkage, scaffold porosity was retained after sintering. Composite scaffolds were fabricated from TCP in poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate using an identical gel casting route.
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Limpanuphap, S., Derby, B. Manufacture of biomaterials by a novel printing process. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine 13, 1163–1166 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021146106442
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