Figure 4.
Electrospun scaffolds for meniscus tissue engineering. Scanning electron micrograph of bovine mesenchymal stem cells on a nonaligned nanofibrous scaffold composed of polycaprolactone is shown (A) (original magnification ×2000). Schematic showing an electrospinning device incorporating a rotating collecting mandrel to generate aligned fibrous meshes (B). Mandrel velocity (top right) dictates the degree of alignment in forming nanofibrous scaffolds (fibers collected at increasing mandrel velocities [C–E]) (original magnification ×1500).
