Borate-Based Bioactive Glass Powders for 3D Printing of Biomimetic Resorbable Bone Implants.

Yoann Matagne, Guillaume Marchal, Damien Coibion, Sébastien Blasutig, Fanny Lambert, Frederic Boschini, Rudi Cloots, Nicolas Somers

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Yoann MatagneGroup for Research in Energy and Environment from Materials (GREEnMat), University of Liège, Quartier Agora-B6a, Allée du Six-Août 13, 4000 Liège, Belgium.

Guillaume MarchalGroup for Research in Energy and Environment from Materials (GREEnMat), University of Liège, Quartier Agora-B6a, Allée du Six-Août 13, 4000 Liège, Belgium.ORCID 0009-0002-6068-4371

Damien CoibionGroup for Research in Energy and Environment from Materials (GREEnMat), University of Liège, Quartier Agora-B6a, Allée du Six-Août 13, 4000 Liège, Belgium.ORCID 0009-0008-8427-3140

Sébastien BlasutigGeMMe (Georesources, Mineral Engineering & Extractive Metallurgy), University of Liège, 4000 Liège, Belgium.

Fanny LambertGeMMe (Georesources, Mineral Engineering & Extractive Metallurgy), University of Liège, 4000 Liège, Belgium.

Frederic BoschiniGroup for Research in Energy and Environment from Materials (GREEnMat), University of Liège, Quartier Agora-B6a, Allée du Six-Août 13, 4000 Liège, Belgium.

Rudi ClootsGroup for Research in Energy and Environment from Materials (GREEnMat), University of Liège, Quartier Agora-B6a, Allée du Six-Août 13, 4000 Liège, Belgium.

Nicolas SomersGroup for Research in Energy and Environment from Materials (GREEnMat), University of Liège, Quartier Agora-B6a, Allée du Six-Août 13, 4000 Liège, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-9625-1207

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Abstract

As the population ages, the demand for customizable, resorbable bone implants in tissue engineering has intensified, outstripping the limitations of traditional autografts and allografts. While silicate-based bioactive glasses dominate bioactive glass research, borate-based bioactive glasses (BBGs) present distinct biomimetic advantages due to their accelerated degradation kinetics and superior ion-release profiles. However, producing highly pure, homogeneous BBG powders tailored for additive manufacturing remains a severe bottleneck. This study reports the development of a highly efficient synthesis protocol and subsequent Digital Light Processing (DLP) 3D printing of BBG scaffolds. An aqueous-based precursor mixture was processed via spray drying and a customized multi-stage thermal pretreatment sequence up to 800 °C to mitigate material loss, minimize oxide evaporation, and completely eliminate carbonates. Subsequent "flash melting" at 1150 °C for 20 min yielded an amorphous, high-purity borate-phosphate glass network (68.1B

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3D printingbioactive glassbiomimetic scaffoldsbone regeneration

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PMID42645281

DOI10.3390/biomimetics11080564

PMCPMC13511722

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