Bioinspired Magnetite Crystallization Directed by Random Copolypeptides

Control over magnetite (Fe₃O₄) formation is difficult to achieve in synthetic systems without using non‐aqueous media and high temperatures. In contrast, Nature employs often intrinsically disordered proteins to tightly tailor the size, shape, purity, and organization of the nanocrystals to optimize their magnetic properties. Inspired by such “flexible polyelectrolytes,” here random copolypeptides having different amino acid compositions are used as control agents in the bioinspired coprecipitation of magnetite through a ferrihydrite precursor, following a recently developed mineralization protocol. Importantly, the copolypeptide library is designed such that the amino acid composition can be optimized to simultaneously direct the size of the nanoparticles as well as their dispersibility in aqueous media in a one‐pot manner. Acidic amino acids are demonstrated to regulate the crystal size by delaying nucleation and reducing growth. Their relative content thus can be balanced to tune between the superparamagnetic and ferrimagnetic regimes, and high contents of negatively charged amino acids result in colloidal stabilization of superparamagnetic nanoparticles at high pH. Conversely, with positively charged lysine‐rich copolypeptides ferrimagnetic crystals are obtained which are stabilized at neutral pH and self‐organize in chains, as visualized by cryo‐transmission electron microscopy. Altogether, the presented findings give important insights for the future development of additive‐mediated nanomaterial syntheses.     

仿生型壳聚糖-明胶/溶胶凝胶生物玻璃复合支架的制备及其矿化性能研究

利用冷冻干燥法制备出用于骨和软骨组织工程的壳聚糖-明胶/溶胶凝胶生物玻璃(CS-Gel/SGBG)仿生型复合多孔支架,并进行了孔隙率的测定和显微形貌的观察;探讨了各组分不同用量对CS-Gel/SGBG复合支架显微结构的影响以及复合支架在模拟生理体液中的仿生矿化性能。研究表明,通过调节各组分的不同用量,可以制备出三维连通的复合多孔支架,且孔隙率达到90%以上;在模拟生理体液中浸泡后发现CS-Gel/SGBG支架表面有大量结晶态类骨碳酸羟基磷灰石生成,表明复合支架有良好的生物矿化性能。     

微生物矿化动力学理论与模拟

微生物矿化技术作为一个新兴研究课题,近些年来得到了广泛关注,然而因其反应机制复杂,很难从时间和空间尺度对矿化反应过程进行定量表示。在微生物诱导碳酸盐沉淀原理的基础上,考虑细菌的吸附和筛滤效应,以及尿素水解动力学和沉淀动力学模型,对微生物矿化反应动力学理论进行了探究,并结合孔隙尺度下的微生物矿化反应试验,采用有限元软件进行多物理场耦合模拟。结果表明,细菌吸附和筛滤行为引起了细菌分布的差异性,而这种差异性进而影响了碳酸钙的沉积分布;溶液汇合初始段碳酸钙生成量横向分布不均匀,纵向分布呈增长趋势;经历40h的反应时间,渗透率可降低80%左右;当钙离子含量丰富时,碳酸钙沉淀速率受限于尿素水解速率;附着细菌量和沉淀速率的叠加效应表现为细菌被沉淀包裹的衰亡速率。本模型验证了微生物矿化沉积反应过程,丰富了微生物矿化反应理论,并有望为现场工程应用的效果预测提供参考。     

羟基磷灰石/ 胶原类骨仿生复合材料的制备及表征

通过体外模拟天然骨生物矿化和材料自组装的形成机制, 研究制备了类骨羟基磷灰石/ 胶原仿生复合材料并对材料进行了表征。结果表明: 纳米羟基磷灰石均匀分布在胶原基质上并择优取向排列, 该复合材料的成分和微观结构与天然骨类似。      

The Tunable Porous Structure of Gelatin–Bioglass Nanocomposite Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Engineering Applications: Physicochemical,Mechanical, and In Vitro Properties

Unidirectional freeze‐casting method is used to fabricate gelatin–bioglass nanoparticles (BGNPs) scaffolds. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) images show that sol–gel prepared BGNPs are distributed throughout the scaffold with diameters of less than 10 nm. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and differential scanning calorimetric are used to evaluate the physicochemical properties of BGNPs. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) micrographs present an oriented porous structure and a homogeneous distribution of BGNPs in the gelatin matrix. The lamellar‐type structure indicates an improvement of mechanical strength and absorption capacity of the scaffolds. Increasing the concentration of BGNPs from 0 to 50 wt% have no noticeable effect on pore orientation, but decreases porosity and pore size distribution. Increase in BGNPs content improves the compressive strength. The absorption and biodegradation rate reduces with augmentation in BGNPs concentration. Bioactivity is evaluated through apatite formation after immersion of the nanocomposites in simulated body fluid and is verified by SEM–energy‐dispersive X‐ray spectroscopy (EDS), an element map analysis, X‐ray powder diffractometer, and FTIR spectrum. SEM images and methyl thiazolyl tetrazolium assay confirm the biocompatibility of scaffolds and the supportive behavior of nanocomposites in cellular spreading. The results show that gelatin–(30 wt%)bioglass nanocomposites have incipient physicochemical and biological properties.     

仿生矿化的研究Ⅰ．文石型碳酸钙的合成

在聚乙二醇（ＰＥＯ）存在下，ＣａＣｌ２和Ｎａ２ＣＯ３反应生成了类似红鲍鱼壳的含有ＰＥＯ的碳酸钙──高聚物复合材料。Ｘ－衍射和电镜照片显示，它有两种微观结构：外层为文石型和方解石型结构，内层为针状文石型结构。热重分析表明，该材料中含有３％左右ＰＥＯ。结果说明，聚合物对碳酸钙晶核的形成和晶体的生长有很大影响，并对其形成机理进行了初步探讨。     

微生物调剖技术及其进展

介绍了微生物调剖技术,综述了一些先进的室内研究手段如物理模拟微生物封堵及调剖实验、示踪剂技术和可视化技术,总结了激活本源微生物和注入外源微生物调剖技术及现场应用情况.研究表明,在一定范围内微生物调剖效果明显、经济效益较好,但普遍存在着应用菌种单一、稳定性差和外加碳源成本高等不足,驯化筛选适应不同类型油藏条件并以原油或廉价原材料为碳源的高效复合菌群,是微生物调剖技术今后发展的关键所在.