Micromechanics of Electrospun Poly Ester Urethane Urea Scaffolds

摘要

The development of a biaxial stretching device that fits within an SEM allowed for the measure of tortuosity of PEUU fibers. We demonstrated that 1) there is a gradual diminishing of that tortuosity with stretch, and 2) there exists directional variations in tortuosity. Future work will investigate the effect of stretch on cells integrated into the scaffold and compare this with cellular deformation within the ECM.