Development of a bioactive glass-polymer composite for wound healing applications.

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Date publication

juillet 2017

Journal

Materials science & engineering. C, Materials for biological applications

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr MANO João F.


Tous les auteurs :
Moura D, Souza MT, Liverani L, Rella G, Luz GM, Mano JF, Boccaccini AR

Résumé

This study reports the production and characterization of a composite material for wound healing applications. A bioactive glass obtained by sol-gel process and doped with two different metal ions was investigated. Silver (Ag) and cobalt (Co) were chosen due to their antibacterial and angiogenic properties, respectively, very beneficial in the wound healing process. Poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) fibers were produced by electrospinning (ES) from a polymeric solution using acetone as a solvent. After optimization of the ES parameters, two main suspensions were prepared, namely: PCL containing bioactive glass nanoparticles (BG-NP) and PCL with AgO and CoO doped BG-NP (DP BG-NP), which were processed with different concentrations of BG-NP (0.25%, 0.5% and 0.75wt%). The composite membranes were characterized in terms of morphology, fiber diameter, weight loss, mineralization potential and mechanical performance.

Mots clés

Bioactive glass, Electrospinning, Mineralization, PCL, Wound healing

Référence

Mater Sci Eng C Mater Biol Appl. 2017 Jul 1;76:224-232