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Hydroxyapatite-chitosan 3D scaffolds made from natural and sustainable sources

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dc.contributor.authorScalera, Francesca
dc.contributor.authorPereira, Sofia
dc.contributor.authorBucciarelli, Alessio
dc.contributor.authorTobaldi, David
dc.contributor.authorQuarta, Alessandra
dc.contributor.authorGervaso, Francesca
dc.contributor.authorCastro, Paula
dc.contributor.authorPolini, Alessandro
dc.contributor.authorPiccirillo, Clara
dc.date.accessioned2025-08-07T16:14:06Z
dc.date.available2025-08-07T16:14:06Z
dc.date.issued2022-09-23
dc.description.abstractThe use of natural and sustainable sources in the chemical processes is becoming an issue of increasing importance; in addition to this, often natural materials have features (i.e. structure or morphology) which could lead to enhanced performances. Within this frame, in this work we report about the preparation of hydroxyapatite‐chitosan 3D scaffolds made from natural and sustainable sources.Hydroxyapatite (HA) is a calcium phosphate (Ca10(PO4)6(OH)2) widely used in biomedicine as bone substitute; in the present work HA was prepared from CaCO3 obtained using cork as a template agent. Cork is the bark of the Quercus suber L., and it possess a porous honeycomb structure, which was maintained by CaCO3. Chitosan (Cs), on the other hand, is a polysaccharide of natural origin, derived from chitin, which is extracted from the shells of crustaceous, i.e. by‐product of the food industry. The 3D scaffolds were prepared with in situ HA formation in a Cs solution, which was successively crosslinked and freeze dried. Their morphology was assessed with Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) methodology, and a statistical comparison was performed between Cs and Cs‐HA scaffolds (pore size, shape and distribution). Moreover, functional properties such as mechanical behavior, antibacterial activity and cytotoxicity were also assessed. Results showed that these 3D scaffolds have great potential for biomedical use, as biocompatible and antibacterial structures.eng
dc.identifier.other509a546c-dc66-45e0-8c34-644ee78c9a83
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/54279
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.rights.uriN/A
dc.titleHydroxyapatite-chitosan 3D scaffolds made from natural and sustainable sourceseng
dc.typeconference object
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.conferenceDate2022-09-20
oaire.citation.conferencePlaceVenice, Italy
oaire.citation.endPage172
oaire.citation.startPage172
oaire.citation.title32nd Symposium and Annual Meeting of the International Society for Ceramics in Medicine
oaire.versionhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85

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