Construction of antibacterial bone implants and their application in bone regeneration

P Feng, R He, Y Gu, F Yang, H Pan, C Shuai - Materials Horizons, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Bacterial infection represents a prevalent challenge during the bone repair process, often
resulting in implant failure. However, the extensive use of antibiotics has limited local …

Recent advances using MXenes in biomedical applications

IC Lee, YCE Li, JL Thomas, MH Lee, HY Lin - Materials Horizons, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
An MXene is a novel two-dimensional transition metal carbide or nitride, with a typical
formula of Mn+ 1XnTx (M= transition metals, X= carbon or nitrogen, and T= functional …

Oxygen vacancy healing boosts the piezoelectricity of bone scaffolds

F Qi, H Li, X Gao, Y Wang, H Qian, W Li, S Liu… - Biomaterials …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Although barium titanate (BaTiO3) presented tremendous potential in achieving self-
powered stimulation to accelerate bone repair, pervasive oxygen vacancies restricted the …

Co-continuous structure enhanced magnetic responsive shape memory PLLA/TPU blend fabricated by 4D printing

P Feng, R Zhao, F Yang, S Peng, H Pan… - Virtual and Physical …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Combining poly (L-lactic acid)(PLLA) with thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer (TPU) can
integrate the advantages of excellent biocompatibility and intrinsic shape memory ability of …

Heterogeneous grain structure in biodegradable Zn prepared via mechanical alloying and laser powder bed fusion for strength-plasticity synergy

C Shuai, Y Zhao, Y Deng, C Gao - Virtual and Physical Prototyping, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This study presented a unique process of mechanical alloying (MA) and laser powder bed
fusion (LPBF) to prepare heterogeneous grain structure (HGS) Zn with strength-plasticity …

[HTML][HTML] Epitaxial growth of rare-earth yttrium on nanosheets to form semicoherent interface in zinc implant

C Shuai, J Zhang, Y Yang, H Qian, M Yang… - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - Elsevier
Molybdenum disulfide (MoS 2) nanosheet as nano reinforcement exhibits great advantages
in zinc (Zn) implant due to its coordinated crystal slip and grain boundary strain effect …

Ag-doped CNT/HAP nanohybrids in a PLLA bone scaffold show significant antibacterial activity

C Shuai, X Shi, K Wang, Y Gu, F Yang… - Bio-Design and …, 2024 - Springer
Bacterial infection is a major problem following bone implant surgery. Moreover, poly-l-lactic
acid/carbon nanotube/hydroxyapatite (PLLA/CNT/HAP) bone scaffolds possess enhanced …

Photoelectric Bi2S3 Nanoparticle/Ti3C2Tx Nanosheet Heterojunction for Promotion of Nerve Cell Growth

F Qi, X Chen, H Li, G Chen, X Luo… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Bismuth sulfide (Bi2S3) enabled us to transform light signals into electrical signals via the
photoelectric effect, which exhibited tremendous prospects on constructing wireless …

Sustained Endogenous Nitric Oxide Catalytic System Endows Skin Scaffolds with Antibiofilm and Antibacterial Activities

W Yang, L Li, M Chen, S Peng, W Aiyiti… - ACS Applied Polymer …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Infection is the main obstacle to wound repair and usually requires clinical intervention to kill
bacteria, while the formed bacterial biofilms protect bacteria against antibacterial treatments …

Amorphous/crystalline Zn60Zr40 alloys lattice structures with improved mechanical properties fabricated by mechanical alloying and selective laser melting

C Gao, S Tang, S Zhao, Z Zhao, H Pan… - Virtual and Physical …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
In the present study, mechanical alloying (MA) was employed for synthesising non-
equilibrium Zn60Zr40 amorphous powders, and then consolidated into …