Figure 1.

Design and fabrication of tendon-inspired scaffold. (a) Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) image of native RC tendon tissue of the rabbit. (b, c) Schematics for the fabrication of the tendon-inspired patches using spin-coating (step 1) and capillary force lithography (step 2). (d) Optical image and SEM images of the surface morphology and cross section of the tendon-inspired patch. (e) Energy-dispersive X-ray (EDX) analysis of the flat patch and tendon-inspired patch. (f) Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) analysis of the flat patch and tendon-inspired patch. (g) X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis of the flat patch and tendon-inspired patch. (h) Stress–strain diagram of the flat patch and tendon-inspired patch (n = 8 for each sample).