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ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Additive Manufacturing of β-Tricalcium Phosphate Components via Fused Deposition of Ceramics (FDC).

Steffen Esslinger, Axel Grebhardt, Jonas Jaeger, Frank Kern, Andreas Killinger, Christian Bonten, Rainer Gadow

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Article in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 24% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Steffen EsslingerInstitute for Manufacturing Technologies of Ceramic Components and Composites, University of Stuttgart, Allmandring 7b, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2266-7522
Axel GrebhardtInstitut fuer Kunststofftechnik, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 32, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany.
Jonas JaegerHahn-Schickard-Gesellschaft fuer angewandte Forschung e.V., Allmandring 9b, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany.
Frank KernInstitute for Manufacturing Technologies of Ceramic Components and Composites, University of Stuttgart, Allmandring 7b, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0897-3774
Andreas KillingerInstitute for Manufacturing Technologies of Ceramic Components and Composites, University of Stuttgart, Allmandring 7b, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany.
Christian BontenInstitut fuer Kunststofftechnik, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 32, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany.
Rainer GadowInstitute for Manufacturing Technologies of Ceramic Components and Composites, University of Stuttgart, Allmandring 7b, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany.
University of Stuttgart · DEHahn-Schickard-Gesellschaft für angewandte Forschung · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bone defects introduced by accidents or diseases are very painful for the patient and their treatment leads to high expenses for the healthcare systems. When a bone defect reaches a critical size, the body is not able to restore this defect by itself. In this case a bone graft is required, either an autologous one taken from the patient or an artificial one made of a bioceramic material such as calcium phosphate. In this study β-tricalcium phosphate (β-TCP) was dispersed in a polymer matrix containing poly(lactic acid) (PLA) and poly(ethylene glycole) (PEG). These compounds were extruded to filaments, which were used for 3D printing of cylindrical scaffolds via Fused Deposition of Ceramics (FDC) technique. After shaping, the printed parts were debindered and sintered. The components combined macro- and micropores with a pore size of 1 mm and 0.01 mm, respectively, which are considered beneficial for bone healing. The compressive strength of sintered cylindrical scaffolds exceeded 72 MPa at an open porosity of 35%. The FDC approach seems promising for manufacturing patient specific bioceramic bone grafts.

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additive manufacturingcalcium phosphatefilament extrusionfused deposition of ceramics (FDC)poly(ethylene glycol)poly(lactic acid)scaffold

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PMID33396431
PMCPMC7795456
OpenAlexW3118211575

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