An overview of chitin or chitosan/nano ceramic composite scaffolds for bone tissue engineering

S Deepthi, J Venkatesan, SK Kim… - International journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Chitin and chitosan based nanocomposite scaffolds have been widely used for bone tissue
engineering. These chitin and chitosan based scaffolds were reinforced with …

Chitosan biomaterials for current and potential dental applications

S Husain, KH Al-Samadani, S Najeeb, MS Zafar… - Materials, 2017 - mdpi.com
Chitosan (CHS) is a very versatile natural biomaterial that has been explored for a range of
bio-dental applications. CHS has numerous favourable properties such as biocompatibility …

[HTML][HTML] Potential of electrospun chitosan fibers as a surface layer in functionally graded GTR membrane for periodontal regeneration

SB Qasim, S Najeeb, RM Delaine-Smith, A Rawlinson… - Dental Materials, 2017 - Elsevier
Objective The regeneration of periodontal tissues lost as a consequence of destructive
periodontal disease remains a challenge for clinicians. Guided tissue regeneration (GTR) …

Preparation and characterization of amine functional nano-hydroxyapatite/chitosan bionanocomposite for bone tissue engineering applications

BH Atak, B Buyuk, M Huysal, S Isik, M Senel… - Carbohydrate …, 2017 - Elsevier
In this study, three different types of scaffolds including a uniquely modified composite
scaffold–namely chitosan (CTS), nano-hydroxyapatite/chitosan composite (CTS+ nHAP) …

Novel biomimetic hydroxyapatite/alginate nanocomposite fibrous scaffolds for bone tissue regeneration

T Chae, H Yang, V Leung, F Ko… - Journal of Materials …, 2013 - Springer
Hydroxyapatite/alginate nanocomposite fibrous scaffolds were fabricated via electrospinning
and a novel in situ synthesis of hydroxyapatite (HAp) that mimics mineralized collagen fibrils …

Influence of random and designed porosities on 3D printed tricalcium phosphate-bioactive glass scaffolds

S Bose, A Bhattacharjee, D Banerjee… - Additive …, 2021 - Elsevier
Calcium phosphate (CaP)-based ceramics are a popular choice for bone-graft applications
due to their compositional similarities with bone. Similarly, Bioactive glass (BG) is also …

Characteristics of hybrid bioglass-chitosan coatings on the plasma activated PEEK polymer

K Przykaza, M Jurak, G Kalisz, R Mroczka, AE Wiącek - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Polyetheretherketone (PEEK) is a biocompatible, chemically and physically stable
radiolucent polymer that exhibits a similar elastic modulus to the normal human bone …

Microwave-induced biomimetic approach for hydroxyapatite coatings of chitosan scaffolds

GK Bayrak, TT Demirtaş, M Gümüşderelioğlu - Carbohydrate polymers, 2017 - Elsevier
Simulated body fluid (SBF) can form calcium phosphates on osteoinductive materials, so it is
widely used for coating of bone scaffolds to mimic natural extracellular matrix (ECM) …

Surface and thermal properties of collagen/hyaluronic acid blends containing chitosan

K Lewandowska, A Sionkowska, S Grabska… - International journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
The structure and surface properties of binary and ternary blends containing collagen (Coll),
hyaluronic acid (HA) and chitosan (Ch) were investigated by contact angle measurements …

Chitin/chitosan: versatile ecological, industrial, and biomedical applications

H Merzendorfer, E Cohen - Extracellular Sugar-Based Biopolymers …, 2019 - Springer
Chitin is a linear polysaccharide of N-acetylglucosamine, which is highly abundant in nature
and mainly produced by marine crustaceans. Chitosan is obtained by hydrolytic …