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International journal of Biomedical Engineering and Science (IJBES), Vol. 2, No. 1, January 2015
21
CHARACTERIZATION OF EFFECTIVE
MECHANICAL STRENGTH OF CHITOSAN
POROUS TISSUE SCAFFOLDS USING
COMPUTER AIDED TISSUE ENGINEERING
Nitin Sahai1
, R.P. Tewari2
1
Department of Biomedical Engineering, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong,
Meghalaya, India
2 Department of Applied Mechanics, MNNIT, Allahabad, India
ABSTRACT
Tissue engineering can be understand as the development of functional substitute to replace missing or
malfunctioning human tissue and organs by using biodegradable or non-biodegradable biomaterials such
as scaffolds to direct specific cell types to organize into three dimensional structures and perform
differentiated function of targeted tissue. The important factors to be considered in designing of
microstructure and there structure material were type of bio-material porosity, pore size, and pore
structure with respect to nutrient supply for transplanted and regenerated cells. Performance of various
functions of the tissue structure depends on porous scaffold microstructures with dimensions of specific
porosity, pore size, characteristics that influence the behaviorand development of the incorporated cells.
Finite element Methods (FEM) and Computer Aided Design (CAD) combines with manufacturing
technologies such as Solid Freeform Fabrication (SFF) helpful to allow virtual design and fabrication,
characterization and production of porous scaffold optimized for tissue replacement with appropriate pore
size and proper dimension. In this paper we found that with the increase in the porosity of tissue
scaffolds(PCL, HAP, PGAL & Chitosan) their effective mechanical strength decreases by performing the
modeling & simulation with CAD & FEM package (Pro/E & ANSYS respectively) and validating the
results with in vitro fabrication of Chitosan scaffold by performing in vivo mechanical testing.
Keywords:
Tissue Engineering, Chitosan, Tissue Scaffolds, CATE
1. INTRODUCTION
Tissue engineering with computer aided designing has emerged as an excellent approach for the
repair/regeneration of damaged tissue, with the excellent potential to overcome all the limitations
of autologous and allogenic tissue repair. Tissue engineering is a an excellent and latest approach
to resolve the damaged tissue and organ problems.
Biodegradable biomaterials plays a significant role in tissue engineering by serving as
3Dimensional synthetic frameworks commonly referred to as biodegradable scaffolds, matrices,
International journal of Biomedical Engineering and Science (IJBES), Vol. 2, No. 1, January 2015
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or constructs for cellular attachment, proliferation, and in growth ultimately leading to new tissue
fabrication and development. Both synthetic polymers and naturally derived polymers have been
extensively investigated as biodegradable and biocompatible biomaterials.
The biodegradable scaffolds with high surface area to volume ratio favors living cell adhesion,
proliferation, migration, and differentiation with ingestion of nutrients, all of which are highly
desired properties for tissue engineering applications. Therefore, current research in this area is
driven towards the fabrication and characterization of scaffolds for tissue engineering
applications
1.1. Tissue Scaffoldsfor organ
Tissue scaffold are the synthetic bioresorbable or biodegradable bio-polymers that are functional
substitutes to replace missing tissues and organ of humans, to provide a temporary substrate to
which the transplanted cells can stick or adhere is the primary role of a biodegradable scaffold.
The important factors which is to be considered with respect to nutrient which are important for
the growth of cells, supply to transplanted and regenerated cells are porosity, pore size and pore
structure for porous scaffolds with a large surface-area-to volume ratio and a large void volume
are desirable for attachment, growth, maximal cell seeding, ECM production, and vascularization.
Pores in biodegradable scaffolds of same diameter in an identical scaffold are preferable to yield
high surface area per volume provided the pore size is greater then the diameter of a cell in
suspension.[1]
1.2. Computer Aided Tissue engineering
The utilization of computer-aided technologies in tissue engineering has evolved in the
development of a new emerging field of Computer-Aided Tissue engineering (CATE). CATE
comprises of computer imaging technology like CT scan, MRI, CAD/CAM and modern design
and manufacturing technology like solid free form fabrication.Through the use of CATE, the
design of intricate three dimensional architecture of biodegradable scaffold can be realized and
these scaffolds can be fabricated or manufactured with reproducible identical to assist biologists
in studying complex tissue engineering problems. The classification of CATE is done in three
major categories (1) computer-aided tissue anatomical modeling; (2) computer-aided tissue
classification; and (3) computer-aided tissue implantation [2, 15]. CATE enables many novel
approaches in modeling, design, and accurate fabrication of complex tissue substituteswith
enhanced functionality for research in patient specific implant analysis and simulation. On the
other hand if the mechanical properties of material of biodegradable tissue scaffolds are known
then with the help of Finite Element Modeling (FEM) with the help of tools like ANSYS we are
able to predict the behavior of complex structures, such as multilayer system [3-9]. When tissue
scaffold is in vivo condition then there will be some microscopic loads(compressive loads and
fluid flow) as the tissue differentiation proceeds, it is difficult to determine the local mechanical
stimuli sensed by the cells at a microscopic level,for the study of stress strain relationship at
microscopic level Finite Element Analysis is used. Finite element analysis (FEA) and Computer
Aided Design (CAD) combines with manufacturing technologies such as Solid Freeform
Fabrication (SFF) helpful to allow virtual design with accuracy, characterization and production
of biodegradable scaffold optimized for tissue and body part replacement, make possible to
International journal of Biomedical Engineering and Science (IJBES), Vol. 2, No. 1, January 2015
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design and manufacture very complex tissue scaffold structure with functional components that
are difficult to fabricate.
2. MATERIALS & METHODS
2.1 Chitosan
Chitosan, a linear polysaccharide consisting of (1, 4)-linked 2-amino-deoxy-β-D-glucan, is a
deacetylated derivative of chitin biopolymer. It has been found to be good candidate for
synthesizing scaffolds because of its biocompatibility, biodegradability, non-toxicity,
antimicrobial and high affinity towards proteins etc. Chitosan can also be easily fabricated into
films, fibers, foams etc. Chitosan scaffolds are used for tissue engineering purposes and also find
its use in drug delivery. Chitosan (CS) is widely used as scaffolds for the regeneration of bone
tissue, Skin Tissue, nervous tissue, etc.Porous chitosan scaffolds were prepared by the controlled
lyophization of chitosan solution or gels, and by the elecrospinning technique. Pure chitosan
scaffolds show poor mechanical properties
Porous Chitosan scaffolds were prepared by the controlled lyophization of Chitosan solution or
gels, and by the elecrospinning technique. Pure chitosan scaffolds show poor mechanical
properties. Some researchers have prepared hybrid Chitosan scaffolds to improve its load bearing
property. S. Phongying et al.[10] reported that Chitosan scaffolds could be directly prepared from
the chitin whiskers. Zhang et al.[11] reported about the fabrication of porous Chitosan scaffolds
by thermally induced phase separation. Zhang et al.[12] also reported about the fabrication of
porous chitosan tubular scaffolds by a novel mold casting/lyophilizing method. Zheng et al[13]
prepared a novel Gelatin/Montmorillonite-Chitosan (Gel/MMT-CS) nanocompositebioscaffoldvia
the intercalation process and the freeze-drying technique, using the important ice particulates as
the porogen materials. The Gel/MMT-CS scaffold has good mechanical properties and
controllable degradation rate. Hydroxyapatite and alginate hybridized Chitosan scaffolds were
also reported
2.2. Modeling of Unit Cell of Scaffold
The designing of the model unit cell is done with the help of Pro/Engineering CAD package
which is having the different porosity with three different biomaterials: Hydroxyapatite (HA, E
=14,000 MPa, ν = 0.25), Polycaprolactone (PCL, E =400 MPa, ν= 0.33), and copolymer of
polylactic acid and polyglycolic acid (PLGA, E = 1200 MPa, ν = 0.33) are considered in this
study. If the edge length of the unit cell for the scafold and the edge length of the square channel
for the scaffold are L and A, respectively, the porosity of the scaffold can be determined by:-
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ሺଷ௅஺మିଶ஺యሻ
௅య A<L, for square channel (Fig.1)
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Figure 1 Unit cell scaffold with open square pore
After the designing of the scaffold of six different pore size (Fig.2) in Pro/Engineering then the
models are imported in the ANSYS software for the stress analysis with different mechanical
properties for all different pore size models. .The models are discretized in to tetrahedral
segments (Fig. 3) of size .5mm through meshing. After discretization the displacement of .1mm is
given to every pore size model in the positive direction of X-axis.A total of 18 simulations is
done with different porosity range between 0% to 95%. Then the results are calculated for
effective Young Modulus which will describe the mechanical behavior of scaffold with the
increase in its porosity
Figure 2. Scaffold unit cells of six different pore sizes
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Figure 3 Discretized unit cell of scaffold
2.3. In vitro fabrication of Chitosan Scaffolds
Fabrication of Chitosan scaffold is by formation of composition of Chitosan with two other
biopolymerAliginate and Pectin in different proportion as we know that Chitosan alone is not
having a good biocompatible and biodegradable properties, with the help of lyophilization
technique and freeze drying technique which will help in giving porous scaffolds.The three
different pore size samples are fabricated then Scanning Microscopy is done for pore size
deduction. Mechanical compression testing is done by following the ASTM F 2103 – 01 code on
INSTRON 1195 TESTING MACHINE with cross head movement .5 mm/min with gage length
4.00
2.4. Dimension of samples
The sample is cut in the shape of a cylinder having diameter 12mm and height is 6mm. The force
on the sample was applied perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the conduits at a cross-head
speed of 1 mm/min, and the loads were measured at variable strains of 20%, 40%, and 60%.
Cross Section area= 153.938 mm2
Gage length = 6.00 mm
Full Scale = 0.5 kN
Scale Factor = 1.000
1
X
Y
Z
DEC 14 2009
19:20:47
ELEMENTS
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6mm
12mm
Figure 4 Fabricated porous Chitosan tissue scaffolds
3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
Results were obtained after the eighteen simulations run on ANSYS after modeling in Pro E
software for six different pore size models and these results were compared with the results
obtained by the Z. Fang B. Starlyetal(14). Then the deviation in their effective young’s modulus
were observed were near about same as obtained by Z. Fang B. Starly et.al., as shown in Fig. 5
the average stress in X direction with the help of which the Effective young’s modulus is obtained
which is having the porosity of 20%, the deviation of Effective Young’s Modulus on increasing
porosity of Hydroxyapetite(HA), Polyglycolactic Acid(PGAL) &Polycarpolactum(PCL)
respectively, with the increase in the porosity of tissue scaffold there is a relative increment in the
Effective Young’s Modulus with in all three biomaterials(HA, PCL & PGAL), as we increase the
porosity of the tissue scaffolds there is an increase in the Effective shear Modulus, the behavior
of the Chitosan is predicted ie. how the chitosan tissue scaffold behave under the compression
loading with different porosity and with the increase in the porosity there will be a decrease in the
mechanical properties of Chitosan tissue scaffold too.
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Figure 5. Load distribution on Chitosan model
Figure 5Comparison of mechanical Strength of Chitosan with HA, PCL & PGCL
4. CONCLUSION
A computer-aided characterization approach for evaluation of mechanical properties and
structural heterogeneity of porous tissue scaffolds was presented in this thesis. The central idea of
the characterization approach is the use of Computer Aided Tissue Engineering this approach
enables the design and fabrication of porous tissue scaffold of exact pore size and of appropriate
mechanical strength where this porous scaffold is implemented.
1
MN
MX X
Y
Z
-.100E+07
.199E+08
.408E+08
.617E+08
.826E+08
.104E+09
.124E+09
.145E+09
.166E+09
.187E+09
DEC 13 2009
19:46:26
AVG ELEMENT SOLUTION
STEP=1
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TIME=1
SX (AVG)
DMX =.025227
SMN =-.100E+07
SMX =.187E+09
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Results of the characterization in the above experiment show that the effective mechanical
properties of the composite Chitosan scaffold are functions of the scaffolding materials which are
used for its fabrication, the orientation of deposition layout pattern, and the overall porosity of the
scaffold structure. In general, the scaffold structures behave with anisotropic mechanical
properties and the degree of the anisotropy is depending on the deposition layout pattern.
The effective mechanical strength/properties like stress and starin decrease with the increase of
the porosity for all three scaffolding biomaterials (HA, PCL, PGAL), as shown in Figure 5.
Chitosan scaffold shows same type deviation in there mechanical properties as with the increase
in its porosity its mechanical properties decreases but the mechanical strength of the Chitosan is
very low as shown in Fig. 5 so it is to be concluded that Chitosan is a potential biomaterial for
nerve repair. Lyophilization&Freezdrying are the techniques are used to generate the porous
chitosan tissue scaffold through which the size of porous tissue scaffold is controlled which will
be helpful in fabrication of appropriate mechanical strength tissue scaffold.
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Characterizing Effective Mechanical Strength of Chitosan Tissue Scaffolds Using CATE

  • 1. International journal of Biomedical Engineering and Science (IJBES), Vol. 2, No. 1, January 2015 21 CHARACTERIZATION OF EFFECTIVE MECHANICAL STRENGTH OF CHITOSAN POROUS TISSUE SCAFFOLDS USING COMPUTER AIDED TISSUE ENGINEERING Nitin Sahai1 , R.P. Tewari2 1 Department of Biomedical Engineering, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya, India 2 Department of Applied Mechanics, MNNIT, Allahabad, India ABSTRACT Tissue engineering can be understand as the development of functional substitute to replace missing or malfunctioning human tissue and organs by using biodegradable or non-biodegradable biomaterials such as scaffolds to direct specific cell types to organize into three dimensional structures and perform differentiated function of targeted tissue. The important factors to be considered in designing of microstructure and there structure material were type of bio-material porosity, pore size, and pore structure with respect to nutrient supply for transplanted and regenerated cells. Performance of various functions of the tissue structure depends on porous scaffold microstructures with dimensions of specific porosity, pore size, characteristics that influence the behaviorand development of the incorporated cells. Finite element Methods (FEM) and Computer Aided Design (CAD) combines with manufacturing technologies such as Solid Freeform Fabrication (SFF) helpful to allow virtual design and fabrication, characterization and production of porous scaffold optimized for tissue replacement with appropriate pore size and proper dimension. In this paper we found that with the increase in the porosity of tissue scaffolds(PCL, HAP, PGAL & Chitosan) their effective mechanical strength decreases by performing the modeling & simulation with CAD & FEM package (Pro/E & ANSYS respectively) and validating the results with in vitro fabrication of Chitosan scaffold by performing in vivo mechanical testing. Keywords: Tissue Engineering, Chitosan, Tissue Scaffolds, CATE 1. INTRODUCTION Tissue engineering with computer aided designing has emerged as an excellent approach for the repair/regeneration of damaged tissue, with the excellent potential to overcome all the limitations of autologous and allogenic tissue repair. Tissue engineering is a an excellent and latest approach to resolve the damaged tissue and organ problems. Biodegradable biomaterials plays a significant role in tissue engineering by serving as 3Dimensional synthetic frameworks commonly referred to as biodegradable scaffolds, matrices,
  • 2. International journal of Biomedical Engineering and Science (IJBES), Vol. 2, No. 1, January 2015 22 or constructs for cellular attachment, proliferation, and in growth ultimately leading to new tissue fabrication and development. Both synthetic polymers and naturally derived polymers have been extensively investigated as biodegradable and biocompatible biomaterials. The biodegradable scaffolds with high surface area to volume ratio favors living cell adhesion, proliferation, migration, and differentiation with ingestion of nutrients, all of which are highly desired properties for tissue engineering applications. Therefore, current research in this area is driven towards the fabrication and characterization of scaffolds for tissue engineering applications 1.1. Tissue Scaffoldsfor organ Tissue scaffold are the synthetic bioresorbable or biodegradable bio-polymers that are functional substitutes to replace missing tissues and organ of humans, to provide a temporary substrate to which the transplanted cells can stick or adhere is the primary role of a biodegradable scaffold. The important factors which is to be considered with respect to nutrient which are important for the growth of cells, supply to transplanted and regenerated cells are porosity, pore size and pore structure for porous scaffolds with a large surface-area-to volume ratio and a large void volume are desirable for attachment, growth, maximal cell seeding, ECM production, and vascularization. Pores in biodegradable scaffolds of same diameter in an identical scaffold are preferable to yield high surface area per volume provided the pore size is greater then the diameter of a cell in suspension.[1] 1.2. Computer Aided Tissue engineering The utilization of computer-aided technologies in tissue engineering has evolved in the development of a new emerging field of Computer-Aided Tissue engineering (CATE). CATE comprises of computer imaging technology like CT scan, MRI, CAD/CAM and modern design and manufacturing technology like solid free form fabrication.Through the use of CATE, the design of intricate three dimensional architecture of biodegradable scaffold can be realized and these scaffolds can be fabricated or manufactured with reproducible identical to assist biologists in studying complex tissue engineering problems. The classification of CATE is done in three major categories (1) computer-aided tissue anatomical modeling; (2) computer-aided tissue classification; and (3) computer-aided tissue implantation [2, 15]. CATE enables many novel approaches in modeling, design, and accurate fabrication of complex tissue substituteswith enhanced functionality for research in patient specific implant analysis and simulation. On the other hand if the mechanical properties of material of biodegradable tissue scaffolds are known then with the help of Finite Element Modeling (FEM) with the help of tools like ANSYS we are able to predict the behavior of complex structures, such as multilayer system [3-9]. When tissue scaffold is in vivo condition then there will be some microscopic loads(compressive loads and fluid flow) as the tissue differentiation proceeds, it is difficult to determine the local mechanical stimuli sensed by the cells at a microscopic level,for the study of stress strain relationship at microscopic level Finite Element Analysis is used. Finite element analysis (FEA) and Computer Aided Design (CAD) combines with manufacturing technologies such as Solid Freeform Fabrication (SFF) helpful to allow virtual design with accuracy, characterization and production of biodegradable scaffold optimized for tissue and body part replacement, make possible to
  • 3. International journal of Biomedical Engineering and Science (IJBES), Vol. 2, No. 1, January 2015 23 design and manufacture very complex tissue scaffold structure with functional components that are difficult to fabricate. 2. MATERIALS & METHODS 2.1 Chitosan Chitosan, a linear polysaccharide consisting of (1, 4)-linked 2-amino-deoxy-β-D-glucan, is a deacetylated derivative of chitin biopolymer. It has been found to be good candidate for synthesizing scaffolds because of its biocompatibility, biodegradability, non-toxicity, antimicrobial and high affinity towards proteins etc. Chitosan can also be easily fabricated into films, fibers, foams etc. Chitosan scaffolds are used for tissue engineering purposes and also find its use in drug delivery. Chitosan (CS) is widely used as scaffolds for the regeneration of bone tissue, Skin Tissue, nervous tissue, etc.Porous chitosan scaffolds were prepared by the controlled lyophization of chitosan solution or gels, and by the elecrospinning technique. Pure chitosan scaffolds show poor mechanical properties Porous Chitosan scaffolds were prepared by the controlled lyophization of Chitosan solution or gels, and by the elecrospinning technique. Pure chitosan scaffolds show poor mechanical properties. Some researchers have prepared hybrid Chitosan scaffolds to improve its load bearing property. S. Phongying et al.[10] reported that Chitosan scaffolds could be directly prepared from the chitin whiskers. Zhang et al.[11] reported about the fabrication of porous Chitosan scaffolds by thermally induced phase separation. Zhang et al.[12] also reported about the fabrication of porous chitosan tubular scaffolds by a novel mold casting/lyophilizing method. Zheng et al[13] prepared a novel Gelatin/Montmorillonite-Chitosan (Gel/MMT-CS) nanocompositebioscaffoldvia the intercalation process and the freeze-drying technique, using the important ice particulates as the porogen materials. The Gel/MMT-CS scaffold has good mechanical properties and controllable degradation rate. Hydroxyapatite and alginate hybridized Chitosan scaffolds were also reported 2.2. Modeling of Unit Cell of Scaffold The designing of the model unit cell is done with the help of Pro/Engineering CAD package which is having the different porosity with three different biomaterials: Hydroxyapatite (HA, E =14,000 MPa, ν = 0.25), Polycaprolactone (PCL, E =400 MPa, ν= 0.33), and copolymer of polylactic acid and polyglycolic acid (PLGA, E = 1200 MPa, ν = 0.33) are considered in this study. If the edge length of the unit cell for the scafold and the edge length of the square channel for the scaffold are L and A, respectively, the porosity of the scaffold can be determined by:- ‫݌‬ ൌ ሺଷ௅஺మିଶ஺యሻ ௅య A<L, for square channel (Fig.1)
  • 4. International journal of Biomedical Engineering and Science (IJBES), Vol. 2, No. 1, January 2015 24 Figure 1 Unit cell scaffold with open square pore After the designing of the scaffold of six different pore size (Fig.2) in Pro/Engineering then the models are imported in the ANSYS software for the stress analysis with different mechanical properties for all different pore size models. .The models are discretized in to tetrahedral segments (Fig. 3) of size .5mm through meshing. After discretization the displacement of .1mm is given to every pore size model in the positive direction of X-axis.A total of 18 simulations is done with different porosity range between 0% to 95%. Then the results are calculated for effective Young Modulus which will describe the mechanical behavior of scaffold with the increase in its porosity Figure 2. Scaffold unit cells of six different pore sizes
  • 5. International journal of Biomedical Engineering and Science (IJBES), Vol. 2, No. 1, January 2015 25 Figure 3 Discretized unit cell of scaffold 2.3. In vitro fabrication of Chitosan Scaffolds Fabrication of Chitosan scaffold is by formation of composition of Chitosan with two other biopolymerAliginate and Pectin in different proportion as we know that Chitosan alone is not having a good biocompatible and biodegradable properties, with the help of lyophilization technique and freeze drying technique which will help in giving porous scaffolds.The three different pore size samples are fabricated then Scanning Microscopy is done for pore size deduction. Mechanical compression testing is done by following the ASTM F 2103 – 01 code on INSTRON 1195 TESTING MACHINE with cross head movement .5 mm/min with gage length 4.00 2.4. Dimension of samples The sample is cut in the shape of a cylinder having diameter 12mm and height is 6mm. The force on the sample was applied perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the conduits at a cross-head speed of 1 mm/min, and the loads were measured at variable strains of 20%, 40%, and 60%. Cross Section area= 153.938 mm2 Gage length = 6.00 mm Full Scale = 0.5 kN Scale Factor = 1.000 1 X Y Z DEC 14 2009 19:20:47 ELEMENTS
  • 6. International journal of Biomedical Engineering and Science (IJBES), Vol. 2, No. 1, January 2015 26 6mm 12mm Figure 4 Fabricated porous Chitosan tissue scaffolds 3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Results were obtained after the eighteen simulations run on ANSYS after modeling in Pro E software for six different pore size models and these results were compared with the results obtained by the Z. Fang B. Starlyetal(14). Then the deviation in their effective young’s modulus were observed were near about same as obtained by Z. Fang B. Starly et.al., as shown in Fig. 5 the average stress in X direction with the help of which the Effective young’s modulus is obtained which is having the porosity of 20%, the deviation of Effective Young’s Modulus on increasing porosity of Hydroxyapetite(HA), Polyglycolactic Acid(PGAL) &Polycarpolactum(PCL) respectively, with the increase in the porosity of tissue scaffold there is a relative increment in the Effective Young’s Modulus with in all three biomaterials(HA, PCL & PGAL), as we increase the porosity of the tissue scaffolds there is an increase in the Effective shear Modulus, the behavior of the Chitosan is predicted ie. how the chitosan tissue scaffold behave under the compression loading with different porosity and with the increase in the porosity there will be a decrease in the mechanical properties of Chitosan tissue scaffold too.
  • 7. International journal of Biomedical Engineering and Science (IJBES), Vol. 2, No. 1, January 2015 27 Figure 5. Load distribution on Chitosan model Figure 5Comparison of mechanical Strength of Chitosan with HA, PCL & PGCL 4. CONCLUSION A computer-aided characterization approach for evaluation of mechanical properties and structural heterogeneity of porous tissue scaffolds was presented in this thesis. The central idea of the characterization approach is the use of Computer Aided Tissue Engineering this approach enables the design and fabrication of porous tissue scaffold of exact pore size and of appropriate mechanical strength where this porous scaffold is implemented. 1 MN MX X Y Z -.100E+07 .199E+08 .408E+08 .617E+08 .826E+08 .104E+09 .124E+09 .145E+09 .166E+09 .187E+09 DEC 13 2009 19:46:26 AVG ELEMENT SOLUTION STEP=1 SUB =1 TIME=1 SX (AVG) DMX =.025227 SMN =-.100E+07 SMX =.187E+09
  • 8. International journal of Biomedical Engineering and Science (IJBES), Vol. 2, No. 1, January 2015 28 Results of the characterization in the above experiment show that the effective mechanical properties of the composite Chitosan scaffold are functions of the scaffolding materials which are used for its fabrication, the orientation of deposition layout pattern, and the overall porosity of the scaffold structure. In general, the scaffold structures behave with anisotropic mechanical properties and the degree of the anisotropy is depending on the deposition layout pattern. The effective mechanical strength/properties like stress and starin decrease with the increase of the porosity for all three scaffolding biomaterials (HA, PCL, PGAL), as shown in Figure 5. Chitosan scaffold shows same type deviation in there mechanical properties as with the increase in its porosity its mechanical properties decreases but the mechanical strength of the Chitosan is very low as shown in Fig. 5 so it is to be concluded that Chitosan is a potential biomaterial for nerve repair. Lyophilization&Freezdrying are the techniques are used to generate the porous chitosan tissue scaffold through which the size of porous tissue scaffold is controlled which will be helpful in fabrication of appropriate mechanical strength tissue scaffold. REFERENCES [1] Ratner(735-749) Antonios G. Mikos et al.”8.4 synthetic bioresorbable polymer scaffolds.”-aided design; Vol. 37; pp. 1097-1114. [2] Wei Sun, PallaviLal(2002), Recent development on computer aided tissue engineering- a review; Computer Methods and Program in biomedicine; Vol. 67; pp. 85-103. [3] Zhao H, Miranda P, Lawn BR, Hu XZ. Cracking in ceramic/metal/ polymer trilayer systems. J Mater Res 2002; 17:1102–11. [4] Chai H, Lawn BR. Cracking in brittle laminates from concentrated loads. Acta Mater 2002;50:2613– 25. [5] Miranda P, Pajares A, Guiberteau F, Deng Y, Lawn BR. Designing damage-resistant brittle-coating structures: I. Bilayers. Acta Mater 2003; 51:4347–56.. [6] Miranda P, Pajares A, Guiberteau F, Deng Y, Zhao H, Lawn BR. Designing damage-resistant brittle- coating structures: II. TrilayersActa Mater 2003; 51:4357–65. [7] Hsueh CH, Luttrell CR, Becher PF. Analyses of multilayered dental ceramics subjected to biaxial flexure tests. Dent Mater 2006; 22 : 460–9. [8] Kim JH, Miranda P, Kim DK, Lawn BR. Effect of an adhesive interlayer on the fracture of a brittle coating on a supporting substrate. J Mater Res 2003; 18:222–7. [9] Deng Y, Miranda P, Pajares A, Guiberteau F, Lawn BR. Fracture of ceramic/ceramic/polymer trilayers for biomechanical applications. J Biomed Mater Res A 2003; 67A: 828–33. [10] Phongying S, Aiba S-I and Chirachanchai, Polymer, 48, 393 (2007). [11] Wang A-J, Cao W-L, Ao Q, Gong K, Kong L-J, Gong Y-D and Zhang X-F, Asian Chitin J., 2, 69 (2006). [12] Wang A-J, Cao W-L, Gong K, Ao Q, Li-Jun K, He C-Z, Gong Y-D and Zhang X-F, Asian Chitin J., 2, 53 (2006). [13] Zheng J P, Wang C Z, Wang X X, Wang H Y and Yao K D, React. Funct. Polym. (2007), doi: 10.1016/j.reactfunctpolym.2006.12.002. [14] Z. Fang, B. Starly, W. Sun , Computer-aided characterization for effective mechanical properties of porous tissue scaffolds, Computer-Aided Design 37 (2005) 65–72. [15] NitinSahai, Recent Development in Finite Element Methods and Computer Aided Design in the Development of Porous Scaffolds-A Review, Journal of Tissue Science & Engineering, 2012doi:10.4172/2157-7552.1000113