Fig. 4: Personalised customisation and shape-memory effect of SF/MgO scaffolds. | Nature Communications

Fig. 4: Personalised customisation and shape-memory effect of SF/MgO scaffolds.

From: Mechanically robust and personalized silk fibroin-magnesium composite scaffolds with water-responsive shape-memory for irregular bone regeneration

Fig. 4

a The SF-1nMgO scaffolds were tailored to achieve the implantation of small pore size irregular bone defects, and the scaffolds were in close contact with the defect contour. b Photographs of the SF-1nMgO scaffolds, which were compressed and rapidly recovered their initial shape when triggered by water and blood. c The SF-1nMgO scaffolds were compressed with a 50 g weight before and after recovery when triggered by water. d Comparison of this work’s (SF-1nMgO) composite scaffolds with other tissue engineering materials in terms of the shape-recovery rate/time. The dataset of the properties of the materials taken from the literature, with their corresponding refs. 19,20,60,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,69,70,71,72,73,74,75,76.

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