Assembly of Layered Monetite-Chitosan Nanocomposite and Its Transition to Organized Hydroxyapatite

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• 作者：Qichao Ruan ; David Liberman ; Yuzheng Zhang ; Dongni Ren ; Yunpeng Zhang ; Steven Nutt ; Janet Moradian-Oldak
• 刊名：ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：June 13, 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：2
• 期：6
• 页码：1049-1058
• 全文大小：728K
• ISSN：2373-9878

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Bioinspired synthesis of hierarchically structured calcium phosphate (CaP) material is a highly promising strategy for developing improved bone substitute materials. However, synthesis of CaP materials with outstanding mechanical properties still remains an ongoing challenge. Inspired by the formation of lamellar structure in nacre, we designed an organic matrix composed of chitosan and cis-butenediolic acid (maleic acid, MAc) that could assemble into a layered complex and further guide the mineralization of monetite crystals, resulting in the formation of organized and parallel arrays of monetite platelets with a brick-and-mortar structure. Using the layered monetite-chitosan composite as a precursor, we were able to synthesize hydroxyapatite (HAp) with multiscale hierarchically ordered structure via a topotactic phase transformation process. On the nanoscale, needlelike HAp crystallites assembled into organized bundles that aligned to form highly oriented plates on the microscale. On the large-scale level, these plates with different crystal orientations were stacked together to form a layered structure. The organized structures and composite feature yielded CaP materials with improved mechanical properties close to those of bone. Our study introduces a biomimetic approach that may be practical for the design of advanced, mechanically robust materials for biomedical applications.