Cited by 109Bone Tissue Engineering MaterialsCollagen: Extraction and CharacterizationElectrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications

Gradient collagen/nanohydroxyapatite composite scaffold: development and characterization

Open access
Liu, Chaozong, Han, Zhiwu, Czernuszka, J.T.·2009·Acta Biomaterialia

Abstract

This paper reports an in situ diffusion method for the fabrication of compositionally graded collagen/nanohydroxyapatite (HA) composite scaffold. The method is diffusion based and causes the precipitation of nano-HA crystallites in situ. A collagen matrix acts as a template through which calcium ions (Ca(2+)) and phosphate ions (PO4(3-)) diffuse and precipitate a non-stoichiometric HA. It was observed that needle-like prismatic nano-HA crystallites (about 2 x 2 x 20 nm) precipitated in the interior of the collagen template onto the collagen fibrils. Chemical and microstructural analysis revealed a gradient of the Ca to P ratio across the width of the scaffold template, resulting in the formation of a Ca-rich side and a Ca-depleted side of scaffold. The Ca-rich side featured low porosity and agglomerates of the nano-HA crystallites, while the Ca-depleted side featured higher porosity and nano-HA crystallites integrated with collagen fibrils to form a porous network structure.

Integrity signals

Registry

Crossref · 10.1016/j.actbio.2008.09.022

Cites

44 of 44 references verified0 citation errors · 0 not checkable

Statistics

Recomputing p-values needs the paper’s full text.

Claims the paper makes

We couldn’t retrieve this paper’s full text, so its claims and self-check weren’t run. The registry and citation checks still apply.

Claims other papers make about this one

Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?

  • A collagen/nano-HA scaffold was Ca-rich with an interconnected porous structure and facilitated cell attachment and proliferation.

    “A Ca-rich scaffold with interconnected porous structure was developed which facilitates cell attachment and proliferation.[111]”

Cites

Flagged first, then by citations

1 of the 45 references couldn’t be matched to a known paper.

Cited by

Sorted by citations

Authors
Liu, C., Han, Z., & Czernuszka, J. T.
Affiliations
  • University of Oxford (GB)
  • Jilin University (CN)
Corresponding author
Liu, Chaozong
Venue
Acta Biomaterialia
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2009-02
Volume
5
Issue
2
Pages
661-669
ISSN
1742-7061 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2059421614
Cited by
109
References
45
Citations by year
2024: 3 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 9 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 7 · 2014: 9 · 2013: 6 · 2012: 16
FWCI
4.65
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Acta Biomaterialia (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
  • Newcastle University ePrints (Newcastle Univesity)
Funders
  • Wellcome Trust (074486)
  • University of Oxford
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Bone Tissue Engineering Materials
  • Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Biomaterials › Collagen: Extraction and Characterization
  • Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Biomaterials › Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications
Keywords
gradient scaffolds, calcium phosphate precipitation, collagen fibrils, porous scaffolds, scaffold porosity
MeSH terms
Animals, Cattle, Collagen, Hydrogen-Ion Concentration, Spectrum Analysis, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, X-Rays, Durapatite, Microscopy, Electron, Transmission, Nanoparticles

About these checks

Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.

Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.

Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.

What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›

Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review