卵磷脂对生物活性玻璃表面改性的研究

采用卵磷脂对生物活性玻璃粉体表面进行改性处理, 并研究了生物活性玻璃与卵磷脂的相互作用. 热分析(TG/DSC)、傅立叶变换红外光谱（FTIR）分析表明, 卵磷脂在生物活性玻璃表面附着,通过氢键等弱键相互作用. 表面改性后的生物活性玻璃粉体与壳聚糖复合后, 复合材料的力学强度与未处理的相比有明显提高. 扫描电子显微镜(SEM)结果显示, 经处理后的生物活性玻璃粉体在壳聚糖中分散均匀, 两者结合紧密, 表明卵磷脂改性可以有效地提高生物活性玻璃粉体与壳聚糖有机基质的界面结合强度.     

硼硅酸盐生物活性玻璃多孔支架的制备

Na2O-CaO-SiO2-P2O5-B2O3系硼硅酸盐生物玻璃是一类具有良好生物活性和降解性能的组织工程材料.本研究中,采用有机泡沫浸渍法,乙醇作溶剂,乙基纤维素作添加剂,将硼硅酸盐玻璃粉体制备成具有三维连通网状结构的组织工程多孔支架.通过调节浆料的固相含量和乙基纤维素含量,改善坯体的涂覆量,在支架孔径为300～500um,孔隙率高于80%时,使支架抗压强度从0.03MPa提高到0.36MPa.根据蜂窝状结构模型分析,发现采用高强度玻璃,优化浆料是改善多孔材料结构和力学性能的有效途径.用该模型理论指导,由Na2O-CaO-SiO2-P2O5-B2O3系统制成的另一种硼硅酸盐玻璃支架,其抗压强度可达5～8MPa.实验表明有机泡沫浸渍法在制备组织工程支架中有广泛的应用前景.     

生物玻璃涂层植入材料的动物实验研究

本文利用扫描电镜、电子探针等手段,研究分析了生物玻璃涂层植入动物骨组织后,涂层表面与骨界面的显微变化及元素分布,生物实验结果,羟脯氨酸和氨基已糖含量与骨折后羟脯氨酸和氨基已糖含量变化的趋势一致。     

喷雾干燥可控制备生物玻璃微球及其体外生物活性研究

CaO-SiO₂-P₂O₅体系生物玻璃(Bioglass,BG)微球具有良好的生物活性和骨传导性,在骨组织修复领域得到广泛研究与应用。传统熔融法制备BG粉体的能耗大、粉体形貌不可控、生物活性相对较低;溶胶–凝胶法制备BG粉体则需大量溶剂、制备周期长、不易量产。为快速、规模化制备形貌、粒径、化学组成可控的BG微球,本研究以水溶液为溶剂,以正硅酸四乙酯、磷酸三乙酯、四水硝酸钙为原料,采用喷雾干燥前驱体溶液方法制备BG微球,探讨喷雾干燥过程中进气风量、前驱体溶液浓度和进料速率等工艺参数对BG微球粒径的影响;前驱体溶液化学组成对BG微球的体外诱导磷灰石沉积能力的影响。结果表明,BG微球的粒径范围在40μm以下可控,且粒径随前驱体溶液浓度增大而增大,随进气风量增大而减小,进料速率则对微球粒径影响较小。不同化学组成的BG微球都具有良好的体外诱导磷灰石沉积能力,而且随CaO含量的增加而提高。     

生物玻璃材料研究进展

介绍了生物玻璃材料的一些研究进展、补强增韧方法以及目前的临床应用情况。     

双孔型生物活性玻璃的合成

使用聚乙二醇和蔗糖为造孔剂,以溶胶-凝胶法制备了具有介孔和大孔并存的双孔型CaO-P2O5-SiO2生物玻璃。所形成的介孔孔径的分布范围在20 nm左右、大孔孔径可达到100μm以上,且所得到的孔具有连通性。材料在37℃的人体模拟液中浸泡7天后,表面生成了大量羟基磷灰石晶相,显示此类CaO-P2O5-SiO2多孔玻璃具有很好的生物活性。     

影响多孔生物玻璃孔径分布的因素

尝试采用添加造孔剂的方法制备了多孔生物玻璃材料.研究结果表明:烧结温度和时间、造孔剂的用量及玻璃粉体的粒度等都将影响多孔材料的孔径.选择合适的制备工艺条件可以得到较为理想的多孔体材料.     

Mechanical Properties of Plasma‐Sprayed Mullite‐Reinforced Titania–Bioglass Composite

Bioceramics have been extensively used for various medical applications including hip and knee prostheses, tissue engineering scaffolds, and dental implants. Bioceramics, particularly bioglass, are desired because of their bioactivity but are often limited by their inherent brittleness. To compensate, composites have been formed to obtain unique properties where both bioactivity and mechanical integrity can be achieved. Mullite‐reinforced titania–bioglass (TiO₂–BG) composites were therefore deposited using plasma spraying technique. The microstructure of the coating materials were analyzed for their morphology and microstructure using scanning electron microscopy/energy dispersive spectrometry. Mechanical properties of the coatings were tested using three‐point bend test, indentation test, and pin‐on‐disk wear test to determine their fracture strength, fracture toughness, and wear resistance, respectively. The addition of mullite fibers improved the fracture strength and wear resistance of TiO₂–BG composites while having minimal effect on fracture toughness. After the addition of mullite, failure mode was bimodal, failing intergranularly and by fiber pull‐out. Although mullite fibers have not been particularly used for medical applications, fiber reinforcement has shown efficacy in mechanically reinforcing composites of various medical applications.     

Processing of highly porous bioglass monoliths by hydrothermal hot pressing

Porous bioglass monoliths have been processed by hydrothermal hot pressing (HyHP) from sol-gel and melt-derived bioglass powders of composition (in mol %): SiO₂–CaO–P₂O₅ (55.0-40.0-5.0) and SiO₂–CaO–Na₂O–P₂O₅ (47.2-26.4-23.8-2.6), respectively. An open porosity of >70% ever reached in 3D structures is reported for monoliths issued from sol-gel powders. Dissolution studies were performed in simulated body fluid (SBF) for 1–30 days. The monoliths were analysed using X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), Fourier Transform Infra-Red (FTIR) spectroscopy and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) to observe the formation of an apatite-like layer and elemental concentration of SBF was evaluated using Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-OES). A higher kinetics in the development of apatite layer was observed for sol-gel derived monoliths. This result is explained by the high surface areas of the nanosized sol-gel powders and the possibility of HyHP to create large porosity (mesoporous monoliths) and retain large surface areas. HyHP is also effective in processing 3D-bioglass structures with porosity gradient by co-sintering powders of different size.