Figures & data
Figure 1. SEM images showing interconnected pores (a) and rough pore walls with micro-porous surface (b) of porous TiNi-based SMA scaffold.
![Figure 1. SEM images showing interconnected pores (a) and rough pore walls with micro-porous surface (b) of porous TiNi-based SMA scaffold.](/cms/asset/496433d6-f452-4f8a-b47c-b12e8e78ba19/ianb_a_982799_f0001_b.gif)
Figure 2. The weight increase percentage calculated with the dry weight of cultured scaffold and the initial weight of the scaffold.
![Figure 2. The weight increase percentage calculated with the dry weight of cultured scaffold and the initial weight of the scaffold.](/cms/asset/31d4cf8f-31aa-4d51-99e0-1ee62741e400/ianb_a_982799_f0002_b.gif)
Figure 5. SEM images showing pancreas islet cells seeded on porous TiNi-based SMA scaffold before implantation: cells fully spread along the network of interconnected pores (a), cells fixed on rough pore walls with micro-porous surface (b).
![Figure 5. SEM images showing pancreas islet cells seeded on porous TiNi-based SMA scaffold before implantation: cells fully spread along the network of interconnected pores (a), cells fixed on rough pore walls with micro-porous surface (b).](/cms/asset/ccf092e0-631d-48f9-847b-ccd6adc82d23/ianb_a_982799_f0005_b.gif)
Figure 6. SEM images showing time-periodic pancreas islet cell ingrowth seeded on porous TiNi-based SMA scaffold: at day 7 post-implantation, cells in the process of further proliferation with synthesizing extracellular matrix and forming the spatial pseudopodium (a); at day 7 post-implantation, cells spreading across the pores and relatively small pores fully filled with cells and extracellular matrix (b); at day 14 post-implantation gradual cellular ingrowth from the periphery towards the center (c); at day 28 post-implantation, scaffold entirely filled with cells and extracellular matrix (d).
![Figure 6. SEM images showing time-periodic pancreas islet cell ingrowth seeded on porous TiNi-based SMA scaffold: at day 7 post-implantation, cells in the process of further proliferation with synthesizing extracellular matrix and forming the spatial pseudopodium (a); at day 7 post-implantation, cells spreading across the pores and relatively small pores fully filled with cells and extracellular matrix (b); at day 14 post-implantation gradual cellular ingrowth from the periphery towards the center (c); at day 28 post-implantation, scaffold entirely filled with cells and extracellular matrix (d).](/cms/asset/cc1ca222-ea6f-46b3-9b1b-6a3ac2000be9/ianb_a_982799_f0006_b.gif)