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ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Synthesis of Silver-Coated Bioactive Nanocomposite Scaffolds Based on Grafted Beta-Glucan/Hydroxyapatite via Freeze-Drying Method: Anti-Microbial and Biocompatibility Evaluation for Bone Tissue Engineering.

Muhammad Umar Aslam Khan, Mesfer A Al-Thebaiti, Muhammad Uzair Hashmi, Saira Aftab, Saiful Izwan Abd Razak, Shukur Abu Hassan, Mohammed Rafiq Abdul Kadir, Rashid Amin

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Article in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 67 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Muhammad Umar Aslam KhanSchool of Biomedical Engineering, Med-X Research Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), 1954 Huashan Road, Shanghai 200030, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2724-1336
Mesfer A Al-ThebaitiDepartment of Biology, University of Hafr Al Batin, Hafar Al-batin 39524, Saudi Arabia.
Muhammad Uzair HashmiDepartment of Industrial Biotechnology, Atta ur Rahman School of Applied Biosciences, National University of Sciences and Technology, H-12, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0003-4889-1618
Saira AftabSchool of Biological Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore 54590, Pakistan.
Saiful Izwan Abd RazakSchool of Biomedical Engineering, Med-X Research Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), 1954 Huashan Road, Shanghai 200030, China.
Shukur Abu HassanCentre for Advanced Composite Materials, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Skudai, Skudai 81310, Malaysia.
Mohammed Rafiq Abdul KadirSchool of Biomedical Engineering and Health Sciences, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai 81300, Malaysia.
Rashid AminDepartment of Biology, University of Hafr Al Batin, Hafar Al-batin 39524, Saudi Arabia.
Shanghai Jiao Tong University · CNUniversity of Hafr Al-Batin · SAUniversity of Technology Malaysia · MYNational University of Sciences and Technology · PKUniversity of the Punjab · PK

Funding

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Collaborative Research Grant 04G51
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Advancement and development in bone tissue engineering, particularly that of composite scaffolds, are of great importance for bone tissue engineering. We have synthesized polymeric matrix using biopolymer (β-glucan), acrylic acid, and nano-hydroxyapatite through free radical polymerization method. Bioactive nanocomposite scaffolds (BNSs) were fabricated using the freeze-drying method and Ag was coated by the dip-coating method. The scaffolds have been characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD) to investigate their functional groups, surface morphology, and phase analysis, respectively. The pore size and porosity of all BNS samples were found to be dependent on silver concentration. Mechanical testing of all BNS samples have substantial compressive strength in dry form that is closer to cancellous bone. The samples of BNS showed substantial antibacterial effect against DH5 alpha

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Ag-coated scaffoldsbioactive nanocompositebone tissue engineeringosteoblast

Identifiers

PMID32098139
PMCPMC7078890
OpenAlexW3007519693

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