Bioactive glass-biopolymer composites for applications in tissue engineering

Ding Y, Souza MT, Li W, Schubert DW, Boccaccini AR, Roether J (2016)

Publication Language: English

Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Authored book, Manual

Publication year: 2016

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

Pages Range: 325-356

ISBN: 9783319124599

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-12460-5_17

Abstract

Tissue engineering (TE) is a biomedical field in continuous expansion. However, there are still many challenges to be tackled. The further development of TE approaches requires interdisciplinary interaction and collaboration among various research areas with a notable contribution expected from biomaterials science. In the last couple of decades, significant advances in the development of biomaterial-based scaffolds for hard and soft tissue regeneration have been accomplished, including the manufacture of biocomposites that combine natural or synthetic polymers with bioactive glasses or glass-ceramics. These novel biomaterials present the possibility of tailoring a variety of parameters and properties such as degradation kinetics, mechanical properties, and chemical composition according to the aimed application. This chapter presents a concise update of the field of biopolymer–bioactive glass composite scaffold development for TE covering several popular processing techniques for biocomposite fabrication, namely, microsphere processing, solvent casting-particulate leaching method, electrospinning, freeze-drying, and rapid prototyping techniques, which lead to scaffolds exhibiting a variety of 3D morphologies and different pore structures.

Authors with CRIS profile

Yaping Ding Lehrstuhl für Werkstoffwissenschaften (Polymerwerkstoffe) Wei Li Lehrstuhl für Werkstoffwissenschaften (Biomaterialien) Dirk Schubert Lehrstuhl für Werkstoffwissenschaften (Polymerwerkstoffe) Aldo Boccaccini Lehrstuhl für Werkstoffwissenschaften (Biomaterialien) Judith Roether Lehrstuhl für Werkstoffwissenschaften (Polymerwerkstoffe)

Involved external institutions

Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar) / Federal University of São Carlos BR Brazil (BR)

How to cite

APA:

Ding, Y., Souza, M.T., Li, W., Schubert, D.W., Boccaccini, A.R., & Roether, J. (2016). Bioactive glass-biopolymer composites for applications in tissue engineering. Springer International Publishing.

MLA:

Ding, Yaping, et al. Bioactive glass-biopolymer composites for applications in tissue engineering. Springer International Publishing, 2016.

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