The return of a forgotten polymer : Polycaprolactone in the 21st century

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POLYMERIC SCAFFOLDS IN TISSUE ENGINEERING APPLICATION: A REVIEW (2011, background): “Polymeric scaffolds that undergo bulk degradation tend to break down the internal structure of the scaffold thus reducing the molecular mass [235].”
Reinforcement of hydrogels using three-dimensionally printed microfibres (2015, positive): “The hydrogel component of the composite constructs will degrade within months 14,29 , allowing the regeneration of new tissue, while the PCL component degrades within years 50 forming a temporary reinforcing network to the new tissue.”
Additive manufacturing of tissues and organs (2012, methodology): “Hence, it is of utmost importance to study those in vitro and/or in vivo mimetics in great detail [4].”
PCL and PCL-based materials in biomedical applications (2018, methodology): “Different methods were described for the polymerization of caprolactones, which used different catalysts as stannous octoate [2,3] or aluminum”
Porous electrospun polycaprolactone (PCL) fibres by phase separation (2015, background): “PCL is a linear polyester, which has attracted an increasing interest in recent decades, due to its biodegradability and suitability for biomedical applications [32,15,16].”
Review on the current status of polymer degradation: a microbial approach (2017, neutral): “The glass transition temperature and melting point are −60 °C and 55–60 °C, respectively (Woodruff and Hutmacher 2010; Gajanand et al.”