The associationof chitosan with the bioactive glass 46S6 increases the specific sur-face area.
Furthermore, with a high content of chitosan, the averagepore diameter also increases. Indeed, 2CH-1BG scaffolds presentan average pore diameter of 5.2 nm, 1CH-1BG 3.6 nm and 1CH-2BG4.0 nm.
SEM observations were performed using a Jeol JSM 6301Fscanning electron microscope.
The surfaces of scaffolds beforeFig