Georgia K Pouroutzidou, Georgios S Theodorou, Eleana Kontonasaki, Ioannis Tsamesidis, Antonella Pantaleo, Dimitra Patsiaoura, Lambrini Papadopoulou, Jonathan Rhoades, Eleni Likotrafiti, Christos B Lioutas, Konstantinos Chrissafis, Konstantinos M Paraskevopoulos
Calcium magnesium silicate glasses could be suggested for the synthesis of scaffolds for hard tissue regeneration, as they present a high residual glassy phase, high hardness values and hydroxyapatite-forming ability. The use of trace elements in the human body, such as Cu, could improve the biological performance of such glasses, as Cu is known to play a significant role in angiogenesis. Nano-bioceramics are preferable compared to their micro-scale counterparts, because of their increased surface area, which improves both mechanical properties and apatite-forming ability due to the increased nucleation sites provided, their high diffusion rates, reduced sintering time or temperature, and high mechanical properties...
August 22, 2019: Journal of Materials Science. Materials in Medicine