Abstract
Bone tissue engineering has been area of substantial research since few decades but still a gap exists when it comes to strength and healing tendency of biomaterials with respect to age group, accidental complications etc. Many researches are yet in progress to design a perfect material for bone regeneration. Our attempt in the present study is to develop a porous hybrid material based on Chitosan(CS)/Polyvinyl Alcohol(PVA)/ Beta Tricalcium Phosphate (β-TCP) composite matrix incorporated with various carbon based fillers i.e. Graphene Oxide(GO, Reduced Graphene Oxide (RGO), Carbon Nanotube(CNT) . Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) results of fabricated scaffolds revealed nearly threefold increase in pore diameter when the concentration of each carbon filler incorporated in CS/PVA/βTCP increased to 1%. Addition of fillers also demonstrated significant mineral depositions on samples when treated with SBF .The Ca/P ratio of deposited minerals on some scaffolds was found near 1.67, the stoichiometric ratio of natural bone apatite .Increase in carbon filler concentration in CS/PVA/βTCP matrix also increased the compressive modulus of scaffold.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 173-182 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Materials Today: Proceedings |
Volume | 15 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2019 |
Event | 2018 International Conference on BioMaterials, BioEngineering and BioTheranostics, BioMET 2018 - Vellore, India Duration: 24 Jul 2018 → 28 Jul 2018 |
Bibliographical note
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Keywords
- Carbon nanotube
- Chitosan
- Graphene oxide
- Poly vinyl alcohol
- Reduced graphene oxide
- β Tri calcium phosphate