Combination of in vitro thermally-accelerated ageing and Fourier-Transform Infrared spectroscopy to predict scaffold lifetime

Biodegradable elastomers face a growing use in soft tissue engineering due to the possibility to tune, by an appropriate selection of the synthesis and process conditions, the material thermo-mechanical properties to match the stress–strain behavior of the tissue to replace. However, changes in material properties can impact drastically the scaffold durability and therefore the efficiency of tissue reconstruction. Few studies focus on approaches...