PMID- 38075253 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20231211 IS - 2590-0064 (Electronic) IS - 2590-0064 (Linking) VI - 23 DP - 2023 Dec TI - Effect of lyophilized gelatin-norbornene cryogel size on calvarial bone regeneration. PG - 100868 LID - 10.1016/j.mtbio.2023.100868 [doi] LID - 100868 AB - Molding processes with molds containing topographical structures have been used for fabrication of hydrogel and cryogel particles. However, they can involve difficulties in separation of fabricated particles with complex shape from the molds or repeated fabrication of the particles although the overall processes do not require much skill and equipment. In this study, molds with etched superhydrophobic patterns have been developed by etching polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) blocks in user-defined designs with a femtosecond (FS) laser-based etching system. Lyophilized cryogel particles with various designs and sizes were fabricated by molding precursors with these PTFE molds. Additionally, the clean and easy separation of particles from the molds allowed repeated fabrication of the particles. For an application, relatively 'big' gelatin-norbornene (GelNB) cryogel particles prepared via molding with polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) molds, swelling in phosphate buffered saline (PBS) and slicing height in half and 'small' GelNB cryogel particles fabricated with the PTFE molds were fabricated. Then, they were used to study scaffold size effect on calvarial bone regeneration. The molds generated with the FS laser-based etching system can be useful for various applications that require the mass production of cryogel particles in various geometries. CI - (c) 2023 The Authors. FAU - Kim, Bomi AU - Kim B AD - Department of Nano-Bioengineering, Incheon National University, Incheon, 22012, Republic of Korea. FAU - Lee, Byunghak AU - Lee B AD - B2LAB Co., Ltd., Seoul, 05836, Republic of Korea. FAU - Mandakhbayar, Nandin AU - Mandakhbayar N AD - Institute of Tissue Regeneration Engineering (ITREN), Dankook University, Cheonan, 31116, Republic of Korea. AD - Mechanobiology Dental Medicine Research Center, Dankook University, Cheonan, 31116, Republic of Korea. AD - UCL Eastman-Korea Dental Medicine Innovation Centre, Dankook University, Cheonan, 31116, Republic of Korea. AD - Department of Biochemistry, School of Biomedicine, Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences, Ulaanbaatar, 14210, Mongolia. FAU - Kim, Younghyeon AU - Kim Y AD - B2LAB Co., Ltd., Seoul, 05836, Republic of Korea. FAU - Song, Yeonju AU - Song Y AD - Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea. FAU - Doh, Junsang AU - Doh J AD - Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea. AD - Institute of Engineering Research: SOFT Foundry Institute, Bio-MAX Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea. FAU - Lee, Jung-Hwan AU - Lee JH AD - Institute of Tissue Regeneration Engineering (ITREN), Dankook University, Cheonan, 31116, Republic of Korea. AD - Mechanobiology Dental Medicine Research Center, Dankook University, Cheonan, 31116, Republic of Korea. AD - UCL Eastman-Korea Dental Medicine Innovation Centre, Dankook University, Cheonan, 31116, Republic of Korea. AD - Department of Nanobiomedical Science and BK21 NBM Global Research Center for Regenerative Medicine, Dankook University, Cheonan, 31116, Republic of Korea. AD - Department of Biomaterials Science, College of Dentistry, Dankook University, Cheonan, 31116, Republic of Korea. AD - Cell & Matter Institute, Dankook University, Cheonan, 31116, Republic of Korea. FAU - Jeong, Bosu AU - Jeong B AD - B2LAB Co., Ltd., Seoul, 05836, Republic of Korea. FAU - Song, Kwang Hoon AU - Song KH AD - Department of Nano-Bioengineering, Incheon National University, Incheon, 22012, Republic of Korea. AD - Research Center of Brain-Machine Interface, Incheon National University, Incheon, 22012, Republic of Korea. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20231127 PL - England TA - Mater Today Bio JT - Materials today. Bio JID - 101757228 PMC - PMC10701364 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Calvarial bone OT - Lyophilized cryogel OT - Molding OT - Scaffold size COIS- The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. EDAT- 2023/12/11 06:45 MHDA- 2023/12/11 06:46 PMCR- 2023/11/27 CRDT- 2023/12/11 05:54 PHST- 2023/09/01 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/10/26 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/11/14 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/12/11 06:46 [medline] PHST- 2023/12/11 06:45 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/12/11 05:54 [entrez] PHST- 2023/11/27 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S2590-0064(23)00328-9 [pii] AID - 100868 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.mtbio.2023.100868 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Mater Today Bio. 2023 Nov 27;23:100868. doi: 10.1016/j.mtbio.2023.100868. eCollection 2023 Dec.