Impartation of apatite-forming ability to chitosan nanofibres by using apatite nuclei

In this study, the authors prepared three types of apatite nuclei by changing the reaction time aimed to optimise their crystallinity and fabricated their composites with chitosan nanofibre. In order to evaluate the bioactivity in vitro, the authors tested apatite-forming ability in simulated body fluid. As a result, the materials showed enough apatite-forming ability in a short time by mixing chitosan nanofibre and apatite nuclei with extremely low crystallinity and their high reactivity in simulated body fluid.

Source: IET Nanobiotechnology - October 30, 2020 Category: Nanotechnology Source Type: research