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ArticlePolymers2025

Evaluation of Medical-Grade Polycaprolactone for 3D Printing: Mechanical, Chemical, and Biodegradation Characteristics.

Eun Chae Kim, Jae-Seok Kim, Yun Jin Yu, Sang-Gi Yu, Dong Yeop Lee, Dong-Mok Lee, So-Jung Gwak, Kyoung Duck Seo, Seung-Jae Lee

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Article in Polymers, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Eun Chae KimDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Wonkwang University, 460 Iksandae-ro, Iksan 54538, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0009-0000-5419-0530
Jae-Seok KimDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Wonkwang University, 460 Iksandae-ro, Iksan 54538, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0009-0009-2101-0869
Yun Jin YuDivision of Mechanical Engineering, Wonkwang University, 460 Iksandae-ro, Iksan 54538, Republic of Korea.
Sang-Gi YuDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Wonkwang University, 460 Iksandae-ro, Iksan 54538, Republic of Korea.
Dong Yeop LeeDivision of Mechanical Engineering, Wonkwang University, 460 Iksandae-ro, Iksan 54538, Republic of Korea.
Dong-Mok LeeKorea Institute on Industrial Technology, Yeongcheon 38822, Republic of Korea.
So-Jung GwakDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Wonkwang University, 460 Iksandae-ro, Iksan 54538, Republic of Korea.
Kyoung Duck SeoDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Wonkwang University, 460 Iksandae-ro, Iksan 54538, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0001-7692-7070
Seung-Jae LeeDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Wonkwang University, 460 Iksandae-ro, Iksan 54538, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-4055-9365

Funding

Institute of Civil-Military Technology Cooperation 22-CM-BR-12
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Polycaprolactone (PCL) is one of the most widely used polymers in tissue engineering owing to its excellent biocompatibility, biodegradability, and processability. Nevertheless, most previous studies have primarily employed research-grade PCL, thereby limiting its clinical translation. In this study, four types of medical-grade PCL (RESOMER

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3D printingmedical-gradepolycaprolactone (PCL)tissue engineering

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PMID41150271
PMCPMC12567111

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