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Focused ion beam analysis of cell growth in 3D interconnected porous structure scaffold

AI-Abboodi, A, Abuelfilat, A, Fu, J, Tan, T, Doran, P and Chan, P 2011, 'Focused ion beam analysis of cell growth in 3D interconnected porous structure scaffold', in Proceedings of Chemeca 2011, Australia, 18-21 September 2011, pp. 1-9.

Document type: Conference Paper
Collection: Conference Papers

Title Focused ion beam analysis of cell growth in 3D interconnected porous structure scaffold
Author(s) AI-Abboodi, A
Abuelfilat, A
Fu, J
Tan, T
Doran, P
Chan, P
Year 2011
Conference name Chemeca 2011
Conference location Australia
Conference dates 18-21 September 2011
Proceedings title Proceedings of Chemeca 2011
Publisher Engineers Australia
Place of publication Australia
Start page 1
End page 9
Total pages 9
Abstract Hydrogels are synthetic or natural polymer networks that have emerged as promising candidates for 3D tissue engineering scaffolds. In the past several years, research interest has shifted from hydrogel implants to injectable formulations, which have the advantage that cells and bioactive compounds can be mixed easily with precursor solutions prior to gelation to give homogeneously loaded gels. In addition, in situ gelation allows the formation of complex shapes and can be applied using minimally invasive surgery. However, electron imaging of cell growth in situ to understand cell behaviour and activity is still challenging, especially when cells are growing in porous extracellular matrix (ECM)-like structures. 3D porous hydrogels of high permeability and biocompatible structure can mimic the microenvironment of ECM, but for high resolution imaging, there are still obstacles to overcome. Porous microstructures, with or without residing cells, are not appropriate for microtomy, and thus transmission electron microcopy (TEM) imaging is extremely difficult to apply for study of cell-hydrogel interfaces. The other alternative, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), is limited to observation of the surface region only and is not suitable for probing 3D scaffolds. In this study, we obtained images of the cellhydrogel interface by exposing and probing target samples using focused ion beam (FIB) milling. Hydrogels were prepared and mixed with African green monkey kidney cells
Subjects Interdisciplinary Engineering not elsewhere classified
Biomaterials
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