Jan Schrooten

TL;DR: The results showed that, for SLM-produced Ti6Al4V scaffolds with specific morphological and mechanical properties, a functional graded scaffold will contribute to enhanced cell seeding and at the same time can maintain nutrient transport throughout the whole scaffold during in vitro culturing by avoiding pore occlusion.

TL;DR: In this paper, the robustness and controllability of the production of porous Ti6Al4V structures using selective laser melting (SLM) by reducing the mismatch between designed and as-produced morphological and mechanical properties in two runs was investigated.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of build orientation selection and heat treatment on the mechanical properties of lattice structures with different geometries and their influence on mechanical properties was investigated, showing a significant decrease in mechanical strength for samples that are built diagonally and a transformation of the microstructure after a HIP (hot isostatic pressing) treatment, resulting in a lower maximum strength, but higher ductility.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that hMSC osteogenesis can be induced via extracellular Ca(2+), a simple and economic way of priming hMSCs for bone tissue engineering applications.

TL;DR: New analytical solutions and closed-form relationships for predicting the elastic modulus, Poisson׳s ratio, critical buckling load, and yield (plateau) stress of cellular structures made of the diamond lattice unit cell are presented.