Titanium coatings and surface modifications: toward clinically useful bioactive implants

A Civantos, E Martínez-Campos, V Ramos… - ACS Biomaterials …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Titanium (Ti) is broadly used for clinical purposes in various medical fields related to bone
repair because of its favorable mechanical properties and its ability to osseointegrate in host …

Chitosan: a versatile biopolymer for orthopaedic tissue-engineering

A Di Martino, M Sittinger, MV Risbud - Biomaterials, 2005 - Elsevier
Current tissue engineering strategies are focused on the restoration of pathologically altered
tissue architecture by transplantation of cells in combination with supportive scaffolds and …

Chitins and chitosans for the repair of wounded skin, nerve, cartilage and bone

RAA Muzzarelli - Carbohydrate polymers, 2009 - Elsevier
This review provides a balanced integration of the most recent chemical, biochemical and
medical information on the unique characteristics of chitins and chitosans in the area of …

High surface energy enhances cell response to titanium substrate microstructure

G Zhao, Z Schwartz, M Wieland, F Rupp… - … Research Part A: An …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Titanium (Ti) is used for implantable devices because of its biocompatible oxide surface
layer. TiO2 surfaces that have a complex microtopography increase bone‐to‐implant contact …

[HTML][HTML] Electrospun polycaprolactone/aloe vera_chitosan nanofibrous asymmetric membranes aimed for wound healing applications

SP Miguel, MP Ribeiro, P Coutinho, IJ Correia - Polymers, 2017 - mdpi.com
Today, none of the wound dressings available on the market is fully capable of reproducing
all the features of native skin. Herein, an asymmetric electrospun membrane was produced …

A review of protein adsorption on bioceramics

K Wang, C Zhou, Y Hong, X Zhang - Interface focus, 2012 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Bioceramics, because of its excellent biocompatible and mechanical properties, has always
been considered as the most promising materials for hard tissue repair. It is well know that …

[KÖNYV][B] Chitin, chitosan, oligosaccharides and their derivatives: biological activities and applications

SK Kim - 2010 - books.google.com
Providing comprehensive coverage of the biological activities and industrial applications of
Chitin, Chitosan, oligosaccharides, and their derivatives, this book presents a balance of …

Chitosan composites with inorganics, morphogenetic proteins and stem cells, for bone regeneration

RAA Muzzarelli - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2011 - Elsevier
Resorbable composites are investigated as a means to regenerate bone lost to disease or
trauma without auto-or allografts. Nano-sized hydroxyapatite, among various inorganics in …

Adhesion of mouse fibroblasts on hexamethyldisiloxane surfaces with wide range of wettability

J Wei, M Yoshinari, S Takemoto… - … Research Part B …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Surface wettability is an important physicochemical property of biomaterials, and it would be
more helpful for understanding this property if a wide range of wettability are employed. This …

Role of chitosan in titanium coatings. trends and new generations of coatings

N López-Valverde, J Aragoneses… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Survival studies of dental implants currently reach high figures. However, considering that
the recipients are middle-aged individuals with associated pathologies, research is focused …