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Manufacturing of biocompatible porous titanium scaffolds using a novel spherical sugar pellet space holder

Chen, Y; Kent, D; Bermingham, M; Dehghan-Manshadi, A; Dargusch, M; (2017) Manufacturing of biocompatible porous titanium scaffolds using a novel spherical sugar pellet space holder. Materials Letters , 195 pp. 92-95. 10.1016/j.matlet.2017.02.092. Green open access

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Abstract

A new and highly biocompatible space holder material is proposed for manufacturing of porous titanium with open and interconnected pore morphologies through powder metallurgy techniques. Sugar pellets are compacted with titanium powder and then removed by dissolution in water before sintering. The morphology, pore structure and porosity were observed by optical microscopy, SEM and micro-CT. The porous titanium has highly spherical pore shapes, well-controlled pore sizes and high interconnectivity. The results suggest that porous titanium scaffolds generated using this manufacturing route have the potential for hard tissue engineering applications.

Type: Article
Title: Manufacturing of biocompatible porous titanium scaffolds using a novel spherical sugar pellet space holder
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2017.02.092
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2017.02.092
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: Porous scaffolds, Titanium, Powder metallurgy, Space holder
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Mechanical Engineering
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10069245
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