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Whey-Derived Porous Carbon Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Engineering
Raúl Llamas-Unzueta1, Marta Suárez2,3, Adolfo Fernández2,3
1Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología del Carbono (INCAR-CSIC), c/Francisco Pintado Fe, 26, 33011 Oviedo, Spain.
Abstract:
Porous carbon structures derived from whey powders are described and evaluated as potential scaffolds in bone tissue engineering. These materials have a porosity between 48% and 58%, with a hierarchical pore size distribution ranging from 1 to 400 micrometres. Compressive strength and elastic modulus are outstanding for such a porous material, being up to three times better than those of traditional HA or TCP scaffolds with similar porosities. They also present non-cytotoxic and bioactive behavior, due to their carbon-based composition that also includes some residual mineral salts content.
