Bone sialoprotein (BSP) is a bone-specific glycoprotein containing phosphoserine and sulphotyrosine residues and regions of contiguous glutamic acid residues. Recent studies in this laboratory have shown that BSP is capable of nucleating the bone mineral hydroxyapatite in a steady-state agarose gel system. We show here that chemical modification of carboxylate groups abolishes the nucleation ac...

BACKGROUND To mimic the muscle inspired cells adhesion through proteins secretion, the lamination of collagen-hydroxyapatite nanorod (nHA) composite nanofibers has been carried out successfully on polydopamine (PDA)-coated microfibrous polylactide-co-glycolide (PLGA) fabrics. The lamination of collagen-hydroxyapatite composite nanofibers on polydopamine-coated microfibrous PLGA fabrics was carr...

F-Ti-MWW was post-synthesized by implanting fluorine species into a Ti-MWW framework through an acid treatment process in the presence of ammonium fluoride. The effects of NH4F addition amount, acid treatment temperature and precursor Ti content were investigated on the incorporation of F species, the zeolite structure and the coordination sites of Ti. Fluorine-implanting improved the surface h...

Abstract Hydroxyapatite has been synthesized as a bone graft material by analyzing the membrane made according to cytotoxicity test and bending test. The method used is dry ball milling. Cytotoxicity testing was carried out making isolated osteoblast cells cultured in 75 cm 2 cell flask containing minimum of essential media. Based on test, it found that hydroxyapatite not toxic with viability a...

The core-shell method is used as a novel synthetic process of micronized Ti-Zeolite Na-A which involves calcination at 700°C of coated Egyptian Kaolin with titanium tetrachloride in acidic medium as the first step. The produced Ti-coated metakaolinite is subjected to microwave irradiation at low temperature of 80°C for 2 h. The prepared micronized Ti-containing Zeolites-A (Ti-Z-A) is characteri...

Calcium mineral deposits are radiographically evident in the majority of significant atherosclerotic lesions.1 These deposits generally consist of a nonhomogeneous composite containing hydroxyapatite mineral nanocrystals embedded in an organic matrix including type I collagen nanofibers. The morphometry varies over a spectrum. Amorphous deposits lack organization at the lightmicroscopic scale, ...

Extracellular matrix proteins are considered to play essential roles in controlling the nucleation, growth, and organization of hydroxyapatite crystals during enamel formation. The effects of amelogenin and the 32-kDa enamelin proteins on apatite nucleation were investigated by a steady-state gel diffusion device containing 10% gelatin gels loaded with 0, 0.75%, and 1.5% (w/w) native porcine am...

Chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) of cpTi (Ti) was carried out using two types of slurries, acidic and basic colloidal silica containing H2O2 up to 3 wt%, to obtain flat and mirror-polished surfaces without any contaminated and reacted layers. Polishing behavior and surface properties were investigated using AFM, EPMA, and XPS. Weight loss of Ti polished by CMP using the basic slurry was larg...

This paper describes a method for preparing chitosan fibers modified with hydroxyapatite (HAp), tricalcium phosphate (β-TCP), and HAp/β-TCP nanoparticles. Fiber-grade chitosan derived from the northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis) and nanoparticles of tricalcium phosphate (β-TCP) and hydroxyapatite (HAp) suspended in a diluted chitosan solution were used in the investigation. Diluted chitosan sol...