Biomimetic Mineralization of Porous Zein Scaffolds
HUANG Jingchun
LI Weiying
XU Qin
SUN Likui
WANG Jinye
Abstract：In order to promote the application in bone tissue engineering, the zein scaffold was soaked in a solution of 5 times the concentration of simulated body fluid (5 ×SBF) to enhance its bone inductivity and osseointegration.The field emission scanning elec-tron microscopy (SEM) was employed to observe the surface microstructures of the coating and energy dispersive spectrometer (EDS) which was attached to the SEM was used to carry out the elemental analysis and to calculate the ratio of calcium to phosphorus ( Ca/P) .The surface of the composite materials form uniform micro particles(2-10 um) that the ratio of calcium to phosphorus closed to that of hydroxyapatite (HA) after soaked in 5SBF.The zein-HA composite can be considered as an ideal material in bone tissue engi-neering.
Keywords：ZeinPorous scaffoldsSimulated body fluidBiomimetic mineralizationHydroxyapatitethe ratio of calcium to phosphorus
Publication Date：2014-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2026-09-11(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 176-179,183 )