scholarly journals Special Issue: Novel Advances and Approaches in Biomedical Materials Based on Calcium Phosphates

Materials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 405 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Mucalo
Keyword(s):  
Calcium Phosphate ◽  
Cell Attachment ◽  
Calcium Phosphates ◽  
Wide Spectrum ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Dolomitic Marble ◽  
Biomedical Materials ◽  
Surface Contaminants ◽  
Innovative Solutions ◽  
Enhance Cell Attachment

Research on calcium phosphate use in the development and clinical application of biomedical materials is a diverse activity and is genuinely interdisciplinary, with much work leading to innovative solutions for improvement of health outcomes. This Special Issue aimed to summarize current advances in this area. The nine papers published cover a wide spectrum of topical areas, such as (1) remineralisation pastes for decalcified teeth, (2) use of statins to enhance bone formation, (3) how dolomitic marble and seashells can be processed into bioceramic materials, (4) relationships between the roughness of calcium phosphate surfaces and surface charge with the effect on human MRC osteogenic differentiation and maturation being investigated, (5) rheological and mechanical properties of a novel injectable bone substitute, (6) improving strength of bone cements by incorporating reinforcing chemically modified fibres, (7) using adipose stem cells to stimulate osteogenesis, osteoinduction, and angiogenesis on calcium phosphates, (8) using glow discharge treatments to remove surface contaminants from biomedical materials to enhance cell attachment and improve bone generation, and (9) a review on how classically brittle hydroxyapatite based scaffolds can be improved by making fibre-hydroxyapatite composites, with detailed analysis of ceramic crack propagation mechanisms and its prevention via fibre incorporation in the hydroxyapatite.

Chitosan/Calcium Phosphate Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Engineering

2000 ◽  
Vol 662 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yong Zhang ◽  
Miqin Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Calcium Phosphate ◽  
Bone Tissue ◽  
Cell Attachment ◽  
Calcium Phosphates ◽  
Biological Properties ◽  
Bone Cell ◽  
Bone Tissue Regeneration ◽  
Hydroxyl Groups ◽  
Rgd Peptides ◽  
Mg63 Cells

AbstractThis research involves synthesis and characterization of biodegradable 3-dimensional polymer/calcium phosphate hybrid matrices as scaffolds for bone tissue regeneration. The scaffolds are comprised of chitosan and calcium phosphates [β-tricalcium phosphate (β-TCP), invert glass] and have combined optimum mechanical and biological properties of the two materials. Chitosan is a biocompatible and biodegradable polymer, and has rich hydroxyl groups for surface modification. Calcium phosphate crystals and invert glass are used as powder fillers to reinforce the scaffolds and increase bioactivity of the scaffolds. The scaffolds are fabricated using a thermally induced phase separation technique. The principal advantages of this technique are its low cost, low shrinkage levels, low sintering temperatures, and its ability to produce a variety of microstructures of various shapes and sizes. The osteoblast-like MG63 cells are seeded on the scaffolds to study the attachment and proliferation of the cells. The hydroxyl groups on the scaffolds are used to graft arginine-glycine-aspartate (RGD) peptides for promoting bone cell attachment and new tissue formation.

scholarly journals Biphasic Calcium Phosphate Biomaterials: Stem Cell-Derived Osteoinduction or In Vivo Osteoconduction? Novel Insights in Maxillary Sinus Augmentation by Advanced Imaging

Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (9) ◽  
pp. 2159
Author(s):  
Giovanna Iezzi ◽  
Antonio Scarano ◽  
Luca Valbonetti ◽  
Serena Mazzoni ◽  
Michele Furlani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Calcium Phosphate ◽  
Maxillary Sinus ◽  
Biphasic Calcium Phosphate ◽  
Calcium Phosphates ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Sinus Augmentation ◽  
Native Bone ◽  
Maxillary Sinus Augmentation ◽  
Posterior Maxilla

Maxillary sinus augmentation is often necessary prior to implantology procedure, in particular in cases of atrophic posterior maxilla. In this context, bone substitute biomaterials made of biphasic calcium phosphates, produced by three-dimensional additive manufacturing were shown to be highly biocompatible with an efficient osteoconductivity, especially when combined with cell-based tissue engineering. Thus, in the present research, osteoinduction and osteoconduction properties of biphasic calcium-phosphate constructs made by direct rapid prototyping and engineered with ovine-derived amniotic epithelial cells or amniotic fluid cells were evaluated. More in details, this preclinical study was performed using adult sheep targeted to receive scaffold alone (CTR), oAFSMC, or oAEC engineered constructs. The grafted sinuses were explanted at 90 days and a cross-linked experimental approach based on Synchrotron Radiation microCT and histology analysis was performed on the complete set of samples. The study, performed taking into account the distance from native surrounding bone, demonstrated that no significant differences occurred in bone regeneration between oAEC-, oAFMSC-cultured, and Ctr samples and that there was a predominant action of the osteoconduction versus the stem cells osteo-induction. Indeed, it was proven that the newly formed bone amount and distribution decreased from the side of contact scaffold/native bone toward the bulk of the scaffold itself, with almost constant values of morphometric descriptors in volumes more than 1 mm from the border.

scholarly journals Mineralization of Titanium Surfaces: Biomimetic Implants

Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (11) ◽  
pp. 2879
Author(s):  
Javier Gil ◽  
Jose Maria Manero ◽  
Elisa Ruperez ◽  
Eugenio Velasco-Ortega ◽  
Alvaro Jiménez-Guerra ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Calcium Phosphate ◽  
Dental Implants ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Calcium Phosphates ◽  
Biological Fixation ◽  
Biomimetic Surfaces ◽  
Titanium Surfaces ◽  
Deposition Processes ◽  
Fast Dissolution ◽  
Plasma Sprayed

The surface modification by the formation of apatitic compounds, such as hydroxyapatite, improves biological fixation implants at an early stage after implantation. The structure, which is identical to mineral content of human bone, has the potential to be osteoinductive and/or osteoconductive materials. These calcium phosphates provoke the action of the cell signals that interact with the surface after implantation in order to quickly regenerate bone in contact with dental implants with mineral coating. A new generation of calcium phosphate coatings applied on the titanium surfaces of dental implants using laser, plasma-sprayed, laser-ablation, or electrochemical deposition processes produces that response. However, these modifications produce failures and bad responses in long-term behavior. Calcium phosphates films result in heterogeneous degradation due to the lack of crystallinity of the phosphates with a fast dissolution; conversely, the film presents cracks, which produce fractures in the coating. New thermochemical treatments have been developed to obtain biomimetic surfaces with calcium phosphate compounds that overcome the aforementioned problems. Among them, the chemical modification using biomineralization treatments has been extended to other materials, including composites, bioceramics, biopolymers, peptides, organic molecules, and other metallic materials, showing the potential for growing a calcium phosphate layer under biomimetic conditions.

scholarly journals Synthesis and characterization of nanostructured ceramics powders for biomedical applications

2007 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 574-582 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nelson Heriberto de Almeida Camargo ◽  
O. J. Bellini ◽  
Enori Gemelli ◽  
M. Tomiyama
Keyword(s):  
Calcium Phosphate ◽  
Nanostructured Materials ◽  
Biomedical Applications ◽  
Calcium Phosphates ◽  
Morphological Characterization ◽  
Synthesis And Characterization ◽  
Powder Synthesis ◽  
Mineralogical Characteristics ◽  
Nanostructured Ceramics

Nanostructured materials have been largely studied in the last few years because they have a great potential to applications in different fields like physics, chemistry, biology, mechanic and medicine. Synthesis and characterization of nanostructured materials is a subject of great interest involving science, market, politicians, government and society. The nanostructured materials are in demand in biomedical area, mainly the bioceramics composed of calcium phosphates (Ca/P), which have an excellent biocompatibility and mineralogical characteristics similar to those of bones. The aim of this work was to optimize the method of powder synthesis of nanostructured calcium phosphate and of nanocomposites composed of calcium phosphate//SiO2n, containing 5, 10 and 15% (in volume) of nanometric silica (SiO2n). The results are expressed according to the method of synthesis, mineralogical and morphological characterization, and thermal behavior for the different compositions of the nanostructured powder synthesized.

scholarly journals Preface to special issue: lightweight and practical formal methods in the design and analysis of safety-critical systems

2013 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 675-675
Author(s):  
AZER BESTAVROS ◽  
ASSAF KFOURY
Keyword(s):  
Computer Science ◽  
Formal Methods ◽  
Wide Spectrum ◽  
Critical Systems ◽  
Research Groups ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Mathematical Structures ◽  
Safety Critical ◽  
Safety Critical Systems ◽  
Final Selection

The papers included in this special issue of Mathematical Structures in Computer Science were selected from a larger set we solicited from leading research groups on both sides of the Atlantic. They cover a wide spectrum of tutorials, recent results and surveys in the area of lightweight and practical formal methods in the design and analysis of safety-critical systems. All the papers we received were submitted to a rigorous process of review and revision, based on which we made our final selection.

scholarly journals Effects of calcium phosphates incorporation on structural, thermal and drug-delivery properties of collagen:chitosan scaffolds

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mirella Romanelli Vicente Bertolo ◽  
Virginia Conceição Amaro Martins ◽  
Ana Maria De Guzzi Plepis
Keyword(s):  
Drug Delivery ◽  
Calcium Phosphate ◽  
Calcium Phosphates ◽  
Great Influence ◽  
Collagen Gel ◽  
Dry Mass ◽  
Ex Situ ◽  
Porous Scaffolds ◽  
Drug Delivery Vehicles

In this study, we evaluated how different procedures of calcium phosphate synthesis and its incorporation in collagen:chitosan scaffolds could affect their structural and thermal properties, aiming the obtention of homogeneous scaffolds which can act as drug delivery vehicles in bone tissue engineering. Therefore, three different scaffold preparation procedures were developed, changing the order of addition of the components: in CC-CNPM1 and CC-CNPM2, calcium phosphate synthesis was performed in situ in the chitosan gel (1%, w/w) followed by mixture with collagen (1%, w/w), with changes in the reagents used for calcium phosphate formation; in CC-CNPM3 procedure, calcium phosphate was synthesized ex situ and then incorporated into the collagen gel, in which chitosan in powder was mixed. In all procedures, 5% (in dry mass) of ciprofloxacin was incorporated. FTIR analysis confirmed the presence of calcium phosphate in all scaffolds. DSC curves showed that collagen denaturation temperature (Td) increased with calcium incorporation. SEM photomicrographs of scaffolds cross-section revealed porous scaffolds with calcium phosphate grains internally distributed in the polymeric matrix. XRD diffractograms indicated that the calcium phosphates obtained are hydroxyapatite. The pore size distribution was more homogeneous for CC-CNPM3, which also stood out for its smaller porosity and lower absorption in PBS. These results indicate that the in situ or ex situ phosphate incorporation in the scaffolds had a great influence on its structural properties, which also had consequences for ciprofloxacin release. CC-CNPM3 released a smaller amount of antibiotic (30%), but its release profile was better described by all the tested models.

scholarly journals Organic/Inorganic bioactive materials Part III: in vitro bioactivity of gelatin/silicocarnotite hybrids

2009 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 721-730 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lachezar Radev ◽  
Maria Fernandes ◽  
Isabel Salvado ◽  
Daniela Kovacheva
Keyword(s):  
Calcium Phosphate ◽  
Hybrid Materials ◽  
Calcium Phosphates ◽  
Ceramic Powder ◽  
Structure Evolution ◽  
In Vitro Test ◽  
In Vitro Bioactivity ◽  
Bioactive Materials ◽  
Vitro Test

AbstractIn this work we present our experimental results on synthesis, structure evolution and in vitro bioactivity assessment of new gelatin/silicocarnotite hybrid materials. The hybrids were obtained by diluting gelatin (G) and silicocarnotite (S) ceramic powder with G:S ratios of 75:25 and 25:75 wt.% in hot (40°C) water. The hybrids were characterized using XRD, FTIR, SEM/EDS and XPS. FTIR depicts that the “red shift” of amide I and COO− could be attributed to the fact that the gelatin prefers to chelate Ca2+ from S. The growth of calcium phosphates on the surface of the hybrids synthesized and then immersed in 1.5 SBF for 3 days was studied by using of FTIR, XRD and SEM/EDS. According to FTIR results, after an immersion of 3 days, A and B-type CO3HA can be observed on the surface. XRD results indicate the presence of hydroxyapatite with well defined crystallinity. SEM/EDS of the precipitated layers show the presence of CO3HA and amorphous calcium phosphate on the surface of samples with different G/S content when immersed in 1.5 SBF. XPS of the G/S hybrid with 25:75 wt.% proved the presence of Ca-deficient hydroxyapatite after an in vitro test for 3 days.

Poly(L-Lactic Acid-Co-Aspartic Acid): Interactive Polymers for Tissue Engineering

1995 ◽  
Vol 394 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey S. Hrkach ◽  
Jean Ou ◽  
Noah Lotan ◽  
Robert Langer
Keyword(s):  
Tissue Engineering ◽  
Lactic Acid ◽  
Cell Growth ◽  
Aspartic Acid ◽  
Biodegradable Polymers ◽  
Cell Attachment ◽  
Biologically Active ◽  
Functional Sites ◽  
Support Cell ◽  
Enhance Cell Attachment

AbstractOne of the challenges in the field of tissue engineering is the development of optimal materials for use as scaffolds to support cell growth and tissue development. For this purpose, we are developing synthetic, biodegradable polymers with functional sites that provide the opportunity to covalently attach biologically active molecules to the polymers, so they can predictably interact with cells in a favorable manner to enhance cell attachment and growth. The preparation of poly(L-lactic acid-co-aspartic acid) comb-like graft copolymers from poly(L-lactic acid-co-β-benzyl-L-aspartate), and the casting of polymer films by solvent evaporation were carried out.

Effect of Synthesis Temperature and Ca/P Ratios on Specific Surface Area of Amorphous Calcium Phosphate

2016 ◽  
Vol 721 ◽  
pp. 172-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jana Vecstaudza ◽  
Janis Locs
Keyword(s):  
Calcium Phosphate ◽  
Specific Surface ◽  
Surface Area ◽  
Specific Surface Area ◽  
Amorphous Calcium Phosphate ◽  
Calcium Phosphates ◽  
Synthesis Temperature ◽  
Molar Ratios ◽  
Different Temperatures ◽  
Low Crystalline

Amorphous and low crystalline calcium phosphates are prospective candidates for bone implant manufacturing. Amorphous calcium phosphate (ACP) preparation technologies could be improved in terms of specific surface area (SSA) of obtained products. Current study is dedicated to the effect of synthesis temperature and Ca and P molar ratios (Ca/P) on SSA of ACP. Higher SSA can improve bioactivity of biomaterials. ACP was characterized by XRD, FT-IR, SEM and BET N2 adsorption techniques. Spherical nanoparticles (<45 nm in size) were obtained independently of initial Ca/P ratio and synthesis temperature. For the first time comparison of SSA was shown for ACP obtained at different temperatures (0 °C and 20 °C) and Ca/P molar ratios (1.5, 1.67 and 2.2).

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