Control of maleic acid-propylene diepoxide hydrogel for 3D printing application for flexible tissue engineering scaffold with high resolution by end capping and graft polymerization

Table 1 Porosity changes of the 3D printed MPLE (1:0.3) gel scaffolds in three different designs

Properties	Designed Porosity (%)	Porosity in wet state (%)	Pore area in wet state (mm²)	Porosity in dry state (%)	Pore Area in dry state (mm²)
Printed Structure	Designed Porosity (%)	Porosity in wet state (%)	Pore area in wet state (mm²)	Porosity in dry state (%)	Pore Area in dry state (mm²)
Lattice	30	10.91 ± 0.17	13.21 ± 0.20	18.13 ± 0.28	21.76 ± 0.34
Rhombus	30	11.29 ± 0.54	13.67 ± 0.65	22.21 ± 1.05	26.66 ± 1.27
Honeycomb	30	11.72 ± 0.50	14.19 ± 0.61	23.23 ± 1.01	28.15 ± 1.22

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