Mechanical properties and failure mechanisms of polyamide 12 gradient scaffolds developed with selective laser sintering.

J Mech Behav Biomed Mater

College of Materials Science and Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, China. Electronic address:

Published: July 2023

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Developing a functional gradient scaffold compatible with the fantastic biological and mechanical properties of natural bone tissue is imperative in bone tissue engineering. In this work, the stretch-dominated (cubical and circular) and bending-dominant (diamond and gyroid) pore styles were employed to design custom-graded scaffolds based on the curve interference method and then were fabricated by selective laser sintering (SLS) using polyamide 12 (PA12) powder. Subsequently, the mechanical behavior, failure mechanism, and energy absorption performance of porous structures were investigated via compression experiments and finite element (FE) simulation. The results indicated that the stretch-dominated radial gradient structures entire exhibited transverse shear failure and the bending-dominant radial gradient structures whole exhibited progressive destruction, while all of the axial gradient scaffolds suffered a predictable layer-by-layer fracture. Among them, the bending-dominated radial gradient structure of gyroid had been proven to sustain stronger deformability and energy absorption capacity. Meanwhile, the FE method powerfully predicted the mechanical behavior of the scaffold, and this research thereby possessed significant implications for the development of bone tissue engineering.

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