Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NDnano), Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, United States.
Biomacromolecules. 2010 Oct 11;11(10):2545-9. doi: 10.1021/bm1009359.
We report a simple and novel top-down method based on a drop-casting process for the controlled synthesis of all-bone-minerals biomimetic multicomponent bionanocomposites. Integration of micro- and nanoscale binary features into nanofibrous biocompatible polymer scaffold structures is successfully demonstrated. Compositional control of the constituents of the bionanocomposites resulted in uniform dispersion of hydroxyapatite nanospheres (100-500 nm) among collagen nanofibers (100 nm). The composites also present high calcium and oxygen contents and adequate phosphorus compositions comparable to the levels of bone tissues. Our preliminary results open up further possibilities to develop advanced tissue-engineered bionanocomposites for bone grafting.
我们报告了一种简单而新颖的自上而下的方法,基于滴铸工艺,用于控制合成全骨矿物质仿生多组分生物纳米复合材料。成功地证明了将微纳米二元特征集成到纳米纤维生物相容性聚合物支架结构中。通过对生物纳米复合材料的成分进行控制,实现了羟基磷灰石纳米球(100-500nm)在胶原纳米纤维(100nm)中的均匀分散。这些复合材料还具有较高的钙和氧含量以及足够的磷组成,与骨组织的水平相当。我们的初步结果为开发用于骨移植的先进组织工程仿生纳米复合材料开辟了更多的可能性。