Table 1
Experimental details for the preparation of polymeric mixtures used in the fabrication of polyesterbased scaffolds by CAWS
Name
Polymer
Solvent
C
(w/v
%)
Dissolution
conditions Additives
Ref.
PCL80 0.5 PCL (Capa 6800,
Mw ¼ 80,000 g/
mol)
Acetone
8
35
C, 3 h
under
gentle
stirring
–
[ 4]
PCL80/
HA 0.5
PCL (Capa 6800,
Mw ¼ 80,000 g/
mol)
Acetone
8
35
C, 3 h
under
gentle
stirring
HA (PCL:HA weight
ratio 4:1), 2 h under
vigorous stirring
[4]
PCL80 1
PCL (Capa 6800,
Mw ¼ 80,000 g/
mol)
Acetone
10
35
C, 3 h
under
gentle
stirring
–
[ 4]
PCL80/
HA 1
PCL (Capa 6800,
Mw ¼ 80,000 g/
mol)
Acetone
10
35
C, 3 h
under
gentle
stirring
HA (PCL:HA weight
ratio 4:1), 2 h under
vigorous stirring
[4]
PCL50
PCL (Capa 6500,
Mw ¼ 50,000 g/
mol)
Acetone
20
35
C, 3 h
under
gentle
stirring
–
[ 5]
PCL50/
HA
PCL (Capa 6500,
Mw ¼ 50,000 g/
mol)
Acetone
20
35
C, 3 h
under
gentle
stirring
HA (PCL:HA weight
ratio 4:1), 2 h under
vigorous stirring
[5]
∗PCL
∗PCL
(Mw ¼ 189,000 g/
mol)
Acetone
20–30 35
C, 3 h
under
gentle
stirring
–
[ 6]
∗PCL/
HA
∗PCL
(Mw ¼ 189,000 g/
mol)
Acetone
30
35
C, 3 h
under
gentle
stirring
HA (PCL:HA weight
ratio 4:1), 2 h under
vigorous stirring
[6]
PHBHHx PHBHHx (12 mol%
HHx,
Mw ¼ 130,000 g/
mol)
Chloroform 25
30
C, 2 h
under
gentle
stirring
–
[ 10]
PCL poly(ε-caprolactone); HA hydroxyapatite; ∗PCL star poly(ε-caprolactone); PHBHHX poly[(R)-3-hydroxybutyrate-co-(R)-3-hydroxyhexanoate)]; C polymer concentration; T temperature; t time
Computer-Aided Wet-Spinning
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