Hydroxyapatite, a multifunctional material for air, water and soil pollution control: A review

M Ibrahim, M Labaki, JM Giraudon… - Journal of hazardous …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Hydroxyapatite (Ca 10 (PO 4) 6 (OH) 2), a calcium phosphate biomaterial, is a very
promising candidate for the treatment of air, water and soil pollution. Indeed, hydroxyapatite …

[HTML][HTML] Ceramic materials for 3D printing of biomimetic bone scaffolds–Current state-of-the-art & future perspectives

H Budharaju, S Suresh, MP Sekar, B De Vega… - Materials & Design, 2023 - Elsevier
Ceramic bone implants have potential properties ideal for long-term implantation
applications. On comparison with other materials, ceramic biomaterials have advantages …

Synthesis methods for nanosized hydroxyapatite with diverse structures

M Sadat-Shojai, MT Khorasani… - Acta biomaterialia, 2013 - Elsevier
Hydroxyapatite (HAp) is the major mineral constituent of vertebrate bones and teeth. It has
been well documented that HAp nanoparticles can significantly increase the biocompatibility …

Effect of the nano crystal size on the X-ray diffraction patterns of biogenic hydroxyapatite from human, bovine, and porcine bones

SM Londoño-Restrepo, R Jeronimo-Cruz… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
This paper focuses on the study of the effect of the change of the crystal size on the shape
and width of the X-ray diffraction patterns for defatted and deproteinized bones as well as …

The stomatopod dactyl club: a formidable damage-tolerant biological hammer

JC Weaver, GW Milliron, A Miserez, K Evans-Lutterodt… - Science, 2012 - science.org
Nature has evolved efficient strategies to synthesize complex mineralized structures that
exhibit exceptional damage tolerance. One such example is found in the hypermineralized …

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 …

Ameliorating quercetin constraints in cancer therapy with pH-responsive agarose-polyvinylpyrrolidone-hydroxyapatite nanocomposite encapsulated in double …

A Samadi, M Pourmadadi, F Yazdian, H Rashedi… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Despite quercetin (QC) promising features for cancer therapy, low solubility, poor
permeability, and short biological half-life time significantly confine its application in cancer …

Flexoelectricity in bones

F Vasquez‐Sancho, A Abdollahi… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Bones generate electricity under pressure, and this electromechanical behavior is thought to
be essential for bone's self‐repair and remodeling properties. The origin of this response is …

Effect of the calcination temperature on the composition and microstructure of hydroxyapatite derived from human and animal bone

M Figueiredo, A Fernando, G Martins, J Freitas… - Ceramics …, 2010 - Elsevier
The present work focus the study of cortical bone samples of different origins (human and
animal) subjected to different calcination temperatures (600, 900 and 1200° C) with regard …

Calcium orthophosphate-based bioceramics

SV Dorozhkin - Materials, 2013 - mdpi.com
Various types of grafts have been traditionally used to restore damaged bones. In the late
1960s, a strong interest was raised in studying ceramics as potential bone grafts due to their …