Acta biomaterialia
Extrusion-based additive manufacturing of zinc bone scaffolds.
Keyu Chen, Jiahui Dong, Niko Eka Putra, Jinlai Li, Maria Klimopoulou, Marius A Leeflang, Lidy Elena Fratila-Apachitei, Jie Zhou, Amir A Zadpoor
Published: 202610.1016/j.actbio.2026.01.039
Abstract
Zinc (Zn) has emerged as a promising biodegradable metal for bone tissue engineering, yet fabricating porous scaffolds via laser-based additive manufacturing (AM) remains challenging due to Zn evaporation. This study presents the successful fabricati…
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