Extracting hydroxyapatite and its precursors from natural resources

M Akram, R Ahmed, I Shakir, WAW Ibrahim… - Journal of materials …, 2014 - Springer
Healing of segmental bone defects remain a difficult problem in orthopedic and trauma
surgery. One reason for this difficulty is the limited availability of bone material to fill the …

Calcium orthophosphates in nature, biology and medicine

SV Dorozhkin - Materials, 2009 - mdpi.com
The present overview is intended to point the readers' attention to the important subject of
calcium orthophosphates. These materials are of the special significance because they …

Environmentally sustainable processes for the synthesis of hydroxyapatite

NI Agbeboh, IO Oladele, OO Daramola, AA Adediran… - Heliyon, 2020 - cell.com
Hard tissue regeneration and regrowth have continued to be a challenge in the field of
conventional medicine in this 21 st century. Over the years, the regrowth of broken bones …

Silk fibroin/hydroxyapatite scaffold: a highly compatible material for bone regeneration

M Saleem, S Rasheed, C Yougen - Science and Technology of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
In recent years remarkable efforts have been made to produce artificial bone through tissue
engineering techniques. Silk fibroin (SF) and hydroxyapatite (HA) have been used in bone …

Marine shells: Potential opportunities for extraction of functional and health-promoting materials

Y Hou, A Shavandi, A Carne, AA Bekhit… - Critical Reviews in …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Marine shell waste is a very rich source of several bioactive compounds and materials, such
as calcium, chitin, pigments, and proteins. Currently, this waste material is greatly …

[HTML][HTML] Synthesis and characterization of nano-hydroxyapatite rods/poly (l-lactide acid) composite scaffolds for bone tissue engineering

E Nejati, H Mirzadeh, M Zandi - Composites Part A: Applied Science and …, 2008 - Elsevier
The aims of this work were synthesis of rod shaped nano-hydroxyapatite (nHAP) and
fabrication of novel nano-hydroxyapatite/poly (l-lactide acid)(nHAP/PLLA) composite …

Characteristics and properties of hydoxyapatite derived by sol–gel and wet chemical precipitation methods

S Ramesh, AN Natasha, CY Tan, LT Bang… - Ceramics …, 2015 - Elsevier
The synthesis of crystalline hydroxyapatite (HA) nanoparticles with expected microstructure
is of primary importance because the process directly relates to the phase purity …

Marine biological macromolecules as matrix material for biosensor fabrication

N Bedi, DK Srivastava, A Srivastava… - Biotechnology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The ocean covers two‐third of our planet and has great biological heterogeneity. Marine
organisms like algae, vertebrates, invertebrates, and microbes are known to provide many …

[HTML][HTML] Synthesis and thermal behavior of Mg-doped calcium phosphate nanopowders via the sol gel method

A Gozalian, A Behnamghader, M Daliri… - Scientia Iranica, 2011 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to investigate the thermal behavior of Mg-doped calcium
phosphate compounds. Nanocrystalline HA and β-TCP mixtures containing different …

Bioactive composites for bone tissue engineering

KE Tanner - Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
One of the major challenges for bone tissue engineering is the production of a suitable
scaffold material. In this review the currently available composite material options are …