This research vector aims at designing adequate scaffolds and to control their morphology, degradation and mechanical properties. Various processing techniques and different biodegradable polymers have been and are being developed to fabricate tissue engineering scaffolds, but these are far from fulfilling all the requirements of an ideal scaffold, especially in what concerns to their mechanical performance which does not allow for their use in hard tissue regeneration where high strength load-bearing scaffolds are required.

EXPERTISSUES will use the expertise of several partners for:

• The development of innovative scaffolds using different raw materials and several distinct processing methodologies
• To produce multifunctional porous scaffolds, with physical and chemical properties simultaneously optimised for their use in different specific tissue engineering applications.