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. 2016 May 12;11:2053–2067. doi: 10.2147/IJN.S102844

Figure 1.

Figure 1

SEM photographs showing the morphologies of NMC, TMC, and BMC scaffolds.

Notes: (A) NMC scaffold at high magnification; the arrow shows collagen fibrils without mineralization. (B) TMC scaffold at high magnification; the arrows show collagen fibrils mineralized by SBF after 24 hours. (C) BMC scaffold at high magnification; the arrows show collagen fibrils mineralized by CMC/ACP after 24 hours. (D) BMC scaffold at low magnification; the arrows show porous microstructures of BMC scaffold. The upper right illustrations represent local amplification of each photograph, respectively.

Abbreviations: ACP, amorphous calcium phosphate; CMC, carboxymethyl chitosan; SBF, simulated body fluid; SEM, scanning electron microscopy; BMC, biomimetic mineralized collagen; NMC, non-mineralized collagen; TMC, traditional mineralized collagen.