Preparation and investigation of nano- carbonated hydroxyapatite/polymer composite spongy scaffolds for biomedical applications
Siddiqi S.A., Manzoor F., Azhar U., Jamal A., Tariq M., Anwar M.S., Saleem M., Chaudhry A.A., Rehman I.U., COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, PK
Spongy scaffolds containing nano-Carbonated Hydroxyapatite (nCHA), with composition Ca10(PO4)6-y(CO3)y(OH)2,with y=2,4, were prepared by the lyophilization method. Different polymers, natural gelatin (G), chitosan (CS) and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), alone or in combination, were used to make [...]