title: Simple method to generate and fabricate stochastic porous scaffolds.
abstract: Considerable effort has been made to generate regular porous structures (RPSs) using function-based methods, although little effort has been made for constructing stochastic porous structures (SPSs) using the same methods. In this short communication, we propose a straightforward method for SPS construction that is simple in terms of methodology and the operations used. Using our method, we can obtain a SPS with functionally graded, heterogeneous and interconnected pores, target pore size and porosity distributions, which are useful for applications in tissue engineering. The resulting SPS models can be directly fabricated using additive manufacturing (AM) techniques.
authors.affiliation: Tianjin Key Laboratory of the Design and Intelligent Control of the Advanced Mechatronical System, Tianjin University of Technology, Binshuixi Road No. 391, Xiqing District, Tianjin 300384, China. Electronic address: y79nzw@163.com.
authors.forename: Nan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Tianjin Key Laboratory of the Design and Intelligent Control of the Advanced Mechatronical System, Tianjin University of Technology, Binshuixi Road No. 391, Xiqing District, Tianjin 300384, China.
authors.forename: Lilan
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.affiliation: Tianjin Key Laboratory of the Design and Intelligent Control of the Advanced Mechatronical System, Tianjin University of Technology, Binshuixi Road No. 391, Xiqing District, Tianjin 300384, China.
authors.forename: Kuntao
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zhou
mesh_terms: D016062:Porosity; D054457:Tissue Scaffolds / Q000737:chemistry*
keywords: Additive manufacturing; Function-based method; Stochastic porous scaffold