Zinc is an essential mineral that is required for normal skeletal growth and bone
homeostasis. Furthermore, zinc appears to be able to promote bone regeneration. However …

General trends in synthetic bone grafting materials are shifting towards approaches that can
illicit osteoinductive properties. Pharmacologics and biologics have been used in …

Recent studies indicate that there is a great demand to optimize pure Zn with tunable
degradation rates and more desirable biocompatibility as orthopedic implants. Metal matrix …

The treatment of bone defects is an important problem in clinical practice. The rapid
development of bone tissue engineering (BTE) may provide a new method for bone defect …

Polycaprolactone (PCL) is a polymer material suitable for being prepared into porous
scaffolds used in bone tissue engineering, however, insufficient osteogenic ability and …

Abstract Chitosan (Ch), and poly (ɛ-caprolactone)(PCL), widely used as biomaterials with
desirable properties for tissue engineering applications, were both blended with zinc-doped …

Hydroxyapatite (HAP) can endow a biopolymer scaffold with good bioactivity and
osteoconductive ability, while the interfacial bonding is fairly weak between HAP and …

To improve the biological performance of titanium implant, a series of Zn-incorporated
coatings were fabricated on the microrough titanium (Micro-Ti) via sol–gel method by spin …

Implant-related infections are a major concern in total joint prostheses, occurring up to 3% in
operations. In this work, 5% Zn2+ was added in HA to offset bacterial activity and 5% Sr2+ …

Calcium phosphate cement (CPC) with good injectability and osteoconductivity plays
important roles in bone grafting application. Much attention has been paid to achieve …