Bioactive silica–poly(γ-glutamic acid) hybrids for bone regeneration: effect of covalent coupling on dissolution and mechanical properties and fabrication of porous scaffolds (original) (raw)

Soft Matter, 2012

Abstract

It is well known that bone has excellent mechanical properties through its hierarchical structure and that design of new materials should take inspiration from its structure, especially those that will be used as synthetic bone grafts. However it has not yet been possible to mimic the complex structure. Here we present new organic–inorganic hybrid scaffolds produced by a sol–gel foaming process with the aim of producing materials that mimic the trabecular structure of bone and take inspiration from the nanocomposite ...

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