In situ pore formation capability of polycaprolactone/ starch composite for bone tissue engineering applications

Bone tissue engineering is a new and efficient approach to regenerate bone defects. The new idea of in site pore forming can make a scaffold to have both suitablemechanical properties and adequate porosity. Very promising results for bone tissue regeneration have in particular been obtained with a blend of starch and polycaprolactone (SPCL) [2-4]. in this work a none porous Polycaprolactone/Starch composite with ratio of 70/30 wasfabricated. Its degradation behaviour in PBS and as a result its potential to form pores in situ was studied.