The project will provide an electroactive hydrogel library based on different modifications of oxidised alginate-gelatin (ADA-GEL) for the various application requirements in ELAINE. The applications vary from their use as cartilage replacement materials to coatings for the functionalisation of load-bearing titanium implants. Besides the material and process investigations on three dimensionally (3D)-printed piezoelectric and bioactive scaffolds for bone regeneration the aim is to assess the bone cell response on the piezoelectric effect. A new 3D printing process combining hydrogel bioprinting and fused deposition modelling will be investigated to realise a biphasic scaffold for osteochondral defects.

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hermann Seitz
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Tel.: +49 381 498 9090

Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Aldo R. Boccaccini
E-Mail
Tel.: +49 9131 852 8601

University of Rostock
Chair of Mikrofluidics
Justus-von-Liebig Weg 6
18059 Rostock

Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Chair of Biomaterials
Cauerstraße 6
91058 Erlangen

Christian Polley
Lisa Schöbel
Thomas Distler (finished)

Dr. Abdullah Riaz
Dr. Rainer Detsch
Dr. Philipp Drescher (finished)
Dr. Liliana Liverani (finished)