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Hydrophilicity evaluation of collagen based scaffold optimized by chitin fibres for bone tissue engineering

  • Tsinghua University

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Abstract

Chitin is a kind of seemly material to match PLLA for a scaffold, which may create an appropriate environment for the regeneration of tissues. In this study, we evaluated hydrophilicity of a new nano-Hydroxyapatite/collagen/PLLA (nHACP) scaffold optimized by chitin fibres for bone tissue engineering. The results show that with the CF content increase, hydrophilicity of nHACP/CF increases, which reflects from the side that the addition of the chitin fibres can improve the cytocompatibility of the nHACP. Moreover, crosslink does not take significant influences on the material hydrophilicity. The results suggest that nHACP/CF with the crosslink should be a kind of potential appropriate scaffold for tissue engineering.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationWorld Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering
Pages99-102
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013
EventWorld Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering - Beijing, China
Duration: 26 May 201231 May 2012

Publication series

NameIFMBE Proceedings
Volume39 IFMBE
ISSN (Print)1680-0737

Conference

ConferenceWorld Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period26/05/1231/05/12

Keywords

  • chitin fibres
  • hydrophilicity
  • nano-hydroxyapatite/collagen (nHAC)
  • scaffolds

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