Dielectric characterization of hepatocytes in suspension and embedded into two different polymeric scaffolds

► Polymeric scaffolds with well-controlled interconnected pores, play a pivotal role in tissue engineering. ► The understanding of the principles of scaffolding is far from satisfactory ► Dielectric relaxation spectroscopy is used to monitor hepatocyte growth in two different polymeric scaffolds ► Biocompatibility of gelatine and alginate scaffolds is discussed ► The performance of alginate scaffold in comparison with gelatine scaffold was investigated.