Enhanced Cartilage and Subchondral Bone Repair Using Carbon Nanotube-Doped Peptide Hydrogel-Polycaprolactone Composite Scaffolds

• Main Authors: Jiayi Lv (Author), Yilun Wu (Author), Zhicheng Cao (Author), Xu Liu (Author), Yuzhi Sun (Author), Po Zhang (Author), Xin Zhang (Author), Kexin Tang (Author), Min Cheng (Author), Qingqiang Yao (Author), Yishen Zhu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2023-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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A carbon nanotube-doped octapeptide self-assembled hydrogel (FEK/C) and a hydrogel-based polycaprolactone PCL composite scaffold (FEK/C₃-S) were developed for cartilage and subchondral bone repair. The composite scaffold demonstrated modulated microstructure, mechanical proper...