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Preparation of Hydroxyapatite/Collagen Composites Using Biomimetic Process and their Biocompatibility

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

Masanori Kikuchi ,
Junzo Tanaka ,
Soichiro ltoh ,
Shizuko lchinose ,
Yoshihisa Koyama ,
Kazuo Takakuda ,
Katsuyoshi Nagaoka  and
Shigeo Tanaka
Masanori Kikuchi
Affiliation:
National Institute for Research in Inorganic Materials, 1-1, Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, JAPAN, kikuchi @nirim.go.jp
Junzo Tanaka
Affiliation:
National Institute for Research in Inorganic Materials, 1-1, Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, JAPAN, kikuchi @nirim.go.jp
Soichiro ltoh
Affiliation:
Tokyo Medical and Dentai University, 1-5-45, Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0034, Japan
Shizuko lchinose
Affiliation:
Tokyo Medical and Dentai University, 1-5-45, Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0034, Japan
Yoshihisa Koyama
Affiliation:
Tokyo Medical and Dentai University, 1-5-45, Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0034, Japan
Kazuo Takakuda
Affiliation:
Tokyo Medical and Dentai University, 1-5-45, Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0034, Japan
Katsuyoshi Nagaoka
Affiliation:
Nihon University, 1866, Kameino, Fujisawa, Kanagawa 252-8510, Japan.
Shigeo Tanaka
Affiliation:
Nihon University, 1866, Kameino, Fujisawa, Kanagawa 252-8510, Japan.
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Abstract

Nanocomposites of hydroxyapatite (HAp) and collagen (Col) were prepared by a biomimetic coprecipitation method under controlled pH and temperature. Transmission electron micrographs showed that the c-axis of HAp nanocrystals aligned along collagen by a self- rganization mechanism; a very similar alignment to bone's structure was found in the sample prepared at nearbiological conditions, i.e. pH8–9 and 40'C, which consisted of fibers with length of 20μm. From the material scientific point of view, therefore, osteoblasts may control the chemical condition in a small area around the cells to pH 8–9 as well as supply raw materials of bone, hydroxyapaite and collagen, at the initial state of osteogenesis. The biocompatibility of the composites was examined by animal tests using beagles. The composites were absorbed and new bone was formed as rapidly as a bone remodeling process. The HAp/Col composites prepared by biomimetic process were expected to be applicable as filler materials changing to new bone instead of autograft.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 599: Symposium DD – Mineralization in Natural & Synthetic Biomaterials , 1999 , 51
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 2000

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