Matrix Assisted Pulsed Laser Evaporation (MAPLE) of Poly(D,L lactide) (PDLLA) on Three Dimensional Bioglass (R) Structures.

Matrix assisted pulsed laser evaporation (MAPLE) was used to coat Bioglass-based tissue engineering scaffolds with poly(D,L lactide). The polymer penetrated to some extent from the surface producing a graded porous composite material. This structure can be beneficial for application in osteochondral tissue engineering, where composite scaffolds are required exhibiting two distinct regions, one for cartilage integration (biopolymer) and the other one for bone contact (bioactive glass).