Journal
JOURNAL OF NON-CRYSTALLINE SOLIDS
Volume 432, Issue -, Pages 167-175Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2015.05.023
Keywords
Ferrimagnetic bioactive glass ceramics; Gallic acid; Surface functionalization; Cancer treatment; Hyperthermia
Funding
- Compagnia di San Paolo, Torino, Italy [25CN/CV2007.2858]
- ADDNANO project - European Commission [229284]
- CSC project (China Scholarship Council) [2010625039]
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Ferrimagnetic bioactive glass ceramics are promising biomaterials in the field of bone substitution and cancer treatment for their ability to bond to bone (bioactive behavior) and to be heated by the application of an external magnetic field (hyperthermia). Surface functionalization of these materials with polyphenols is a challenging and innovative strategy in order to impart them additional functional and specific properties (e.g. antioxidant, anticancer and antibacterial). Gallic add (GA) is a phenolic add which can be considered a good model molecule for polyphenols due to its simple structure and representative properties. In the present paper GA has been grafted to a ferrimagnetic glass ceramic (SC-45), in bulk and powder forms, in view of its potential clinical applications (such as hyperthermic treatment of cancer combined with the anticancer action of GA). The grafting process has been optimized in order to preserve GA activity. The effectiveness of the functionalization procedure has been demonstrated by means of Scanning Electron Microscopy equipped with Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (SEM-EDS), X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS), Thermogravimetric analysis-gas evolved analysis (TGA-EGA) and Folin&Ciocalteu tests (F&C). Release tests have been performed in double distilled water at 37 degrees C and 43 degrees C to verify the stability of the material. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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