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Título del libro: Biocompatible Nanomaterials: Synthesis, Characterization And Applications
Título del capítulo: Bioengineering of ceramics: Evolution, challenges and opportunities

Autores UNAM:
LAURA SUSANA ACOSTA TORRES; LUZ MARIA LOPEZ MARIN; FEDERICO HUMBERTO BARCELO SANTANA; VICTOR MANUEL CASTAÑO MENESES;
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Idioma:
Inglés
Año de publicación:
2011
Resumen:

After their first introduction in biomedicine as tracers for prostheses failures, ceramic nanomaterials constitute nowadays a useful tool for developing biomimetic materials for a wide range of clinical applications, from orthopedics, tissue engineering to dentistry. Over the last three decades, the design and synthesis of bioceramics have evolved from poorly-biocompatible silica-based inert materials, into a completely new-generation of hybrid compounds, with demonstrated potential in regenerative medicine and drug delivery. This chapter reviews the major breakthroughs in bioceramics, including the synthesis, characterization methodologies and biomedical applications. Special emphasis will be dedicated to ceramics spontaneously binding living bones, such as glass-ceramics and sintered hydroxyapatite. Also, the promising field of naturally-produced biomaterials, from sea organisms to earth worms-synthesized nanoparticles, will be described. Finally, critical challenges, which limit the above exciting innovations, such as the improvement of mechanical features, or the use of scaffolds directing tissue repair and regeneration, will be discussed. © 2010 by Nova Science Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved.


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