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Composites structures for bone tissue reconstruction

Neto, W.·Santos, João·Avérous, L.·Schlatter, G.·Bretas, Rosario
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The search for new biomaterials in the bone reconstitution field is growing continuously as humane life expectation and bone fractures increase. For this purpose, composite materials with biodegradable polymers and hydroxyapatite (HA) have been used. A composite material formed by a film, nanofibers and HA has been made. Both, the films and the non-woven mats of nanofibers were formed by nanocomposites made of butylene adipate-co-terephthalate (PBAT) and HA. The techniques used to produce the films and nanofibers were spin coating and electrospinning, respectively. The composite production and morphology were evaluated. The composite showed an adequate morphology and fibers size to be used as scaffold for cell growth.

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36 MATERIALS SCIENCE60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGYAPATITESBONE FRACTURESBONE TISSUESCARBON FIBERSCELL PROLIFERATIONCOMPOSITE MATERIALSMORPHOLOGYNANOCOMPOSITESNANOFIBERSORGANIC POLYMERSSPIN-ON COATING

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Neto, W., Santos, João, Avérous, L., Schlatter, G., Bretas, Rosario. 2015-05-22. Composites structures for bone tissue reconstruction. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4918448

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