Current research on zinc oxide nanoparticles: synthesis, characterization, and biomedical applications

AK Mandal, S Katuwal, F Tettey, A Gupta, S Bhattarai… - Nanomaterials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO-NPs) have piqued the curiosity of researchers all over the
world due to their extensive biological activity. They are less toxic and biodegradable with …

Cationic substitutions in hydroxyapatite: Current status of the derived biofunctional effects and their in vitro interrogation methods

T Tite, AC Popa, LM Balescu, IM Bogdan, I Pasuk… - Materials, 2018 - mdpi.com
High-performance bioceramics are required for preventing failure and prolonging the life-
time of bone grafting scaffolds and osseous implants. The proper identification and …

Bandgap engineering approach for synthesising photoactive novel Ag/HAp/SnS2 for removing toxic anti-fungal pharmaceutical from aqueous environment

V Gadore, SR Mishra, M Ahmaruzzaman - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
The present work shed light on synthesising a novel ternary Z-scheme Ag/HAp/SnS 2 (AHS)
nano photocatalyst to degrade metronidazole (MTZ) in wastewater through H 2 O 2-assisted …

Review of the biocompatibility of micro-arc oxidation coated titanium alloys

Y Wang, H Yu, C Chen, Z Zhao - Materials & design, 2015 - Elsevier
Titanium and its alloys are expected to be ideal materials for biomedical applications.
Various approaches have been used for biological properties improvement. Among various …

Electrodeposited hydroxyapatite-based biocoatings: Recent progress and future challenges

MS Safavi, FC Walsh, MA Surmeneva, RA Surmenev… - Coatings, 2021 - mdpi.com
Hydroxyapatite has become an important coating material for bioimplants, following the
introduction of synthetic HAp in the 1950s. The HAp coatings require controlled surface …

Effect of doping in hydroxyapatite as coating material on biomedical implants by plasma spraying method: A review

I Ratha, P Datta, VK Balla, SK Nandi, B Kundu - Ceramics International, 2021 - Elsevier
Hydroxyapatite (HAp) is still one of the most widely used bioactive coating material to
metallic implant in orthopedic fields because of its good biocompatibility, chemical and …

Concentration ranges of antibacterial cations for showing the highest antibacterial efficacy but the least cytotoxicity against mammalian cells: implications for a new …

C Ning, X Wang, L Li, Y Zhu, M Li, P Yu… - Chemical research in …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Antibacterial metal ions, such as Ag+, Zn2+ and Cu2+, have been extensively used in
medical implants and devices due to their strong broad spectrum of antibacterial activity …

Bone biomaterials for overcoming antimicrobial resistance: Advances in non-antibiotic antimicrobial approaches for regeneration of infected osseous tissue

JM Sadowska, KJ Genoud, DJ Kelly, FJ O'Brien - Materials Today, 2021 - Elsevier
Eliminating bacterial infection and simultaneously providing a bioactive environment for
bone growth during treatment of severe osteomyelitis is one of the greatest global …

Mechanical and biological properties of ZnO, SiO2, and Ag2O doped plasma sprayed hydroxyapatite coating for orthopaedic and dental applications

AA Vu, SF Robertson, D Ke, A Bandyopadhyay, S Bose - Acta biomaterialia, 2019 - Elsevier
In this study, we explored a ternary dopant system utilizing 0.25 wt% ZnO to induce
osteogenesis, 0.5 wt% SiO 2 to induce angiogenesis, and 2.0 wt% Ag 2 O to provide …

Fabrication of biodegradable Zn-Al-Mg alloy: mechanical properties, corrosion behavior, cytotoxicity and antibacterial activities

HR Bakhsheshi-Rad, E Hamzah, HT Low… - Materials Science and …, 2017 - Elsevier
In this work, binary Zn-0.5 Al and ternary Zn-0.5 Al-x Mg alloys with various Mg contents
were investigated as biodegradable materials for implant applications. Compared with Zn …