Journal
BEILSTEIN JOURNAL OF NANOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 5, Issue -, Pages 1553-1568Publisher
BEILSTEIN-INSTITUT
DOI: 10.3762/bjnano.5.167
Keywords
biomineralization; calcium phosphate; carbohydrates; cellulose; hybrid materials; ionic liquid
Funding
- Biomaterials Department, MPI of Colloids and Interfaces
- University of Potsdam
- Egyptian Government
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Cellulose/calcium phosphate hybrid materials were synthesized via an ionic liquid-assisted route. Scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, infrared spectroscopy, and thermogravimetric analysis/differential thermal analysis show that, depending on the reaction conditions, cellulose/hydroxyapatite, cellulose/ chlorapatite, or cellulose/monetite composites form. Preliminary studies with MC3T3-E1 pre-osteoblasts show that the cells proliferate on the hybrid materials suggesting that the ionic liquid-based process yields materials that are potentially useful as scaffolds for regenerative therapies.
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