Characterization Techniques to Evaluate the Structural and Mechanical Properties of the Scaffold
摘要
With the purpose of evaluating the structural and mechanical properties of the scaffold, different characterization, chemical, and surface analysis techniques, often used in materials science, are presented. Others, such as those employed in porosity and surface area characterization, mechanical and biodegradation testing, and more advanced ones such as in-situ and real-time mechanical testing, bioreactor-based mechanical stimulation, and emerging multimodal and computational approaches, are described. To finish, the biological performance of the scaffold is analyzed according to its cell adhesion and proliferation, its differentiation, matrix deposition, and tissue formation.