High Value Manufacturing – Bártolo et al. (Eds)
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Bovine collagen extraction for tissue engineering applications
I. Sousa, A. Mendes & P.J. Bártolo
Centre for Rapid and Sustainable Product Development, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Leiria, Portugal
D. Vaz
Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Leiria, Portugal
ABSTRACT: This paper aims to obtain PCL scaffolds bioactivators to be used as support matrices for the
development of human tissues. PCL is a biomaterial widely used in the biomedical field, due to its biocompat-
ibility, mechanical strength and biodegradability. However, it is hydrophobic, so cell adhesion is difficult. To
solve this problem, a coating of PCL scaffolds with collagen was ...