Biomimetic strategies incorporating enzymes into CaP coatings mimicking the in vivo environment
Biomimetic calcium phosphate coating (CaP) methodology mimics the natural biomineralization process of bone, which involves two phases: nucleation and growth. In this chapter we present a successful method to coating biodegradable natural-origin materials with biomimetic CaP layer as a strategy to i...
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| Format: | bookPart |
| Language: | eng |
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2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1822/31549 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Oai: | oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/31549 |
| Summary: | Biomimetic calcium phosphate coating (CaP) methodology mimics the natural biomineralization process of bone, which involves two phases: nucleation and growth. In this chapter we present a successful method to coating biodegradable natural-origin materials with biomimetic CaP layer as a strategy to incorporate enzymes with the main aim of controlling and tailoring their degradation over time. This strategy seems to enhance the bone-bonding, osteoconductive, and osteoinductive properties of natural-origin biomaterials that per se do not present these characteristics. |
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