Hybrid Electroactive Biomaterial Synthesized

GEPIs-HA hybrid: a novel biomaterial for tooth repair.

Dental caries are slowly progressive and infectious disease, which result in localized dissolution and destruction of the calcified tissues. In routine clinical treatments, microleakage following with secondary caries usually occurs due to the discrepancy in physico-chemical property between filled materials and tooth. Ideal filling materials for tooth defect should be similar to the structure ...

Biomaterial osteoinduction

search between a Dutch group and a group in Chengdu, China,4,5 revealed that similar bone formation was seen with porous ceramics of various types of hydroxyapatite, tricalcium phosphate, and Bioglass® (NovaBone Products, Alachua, FL, USA). Fujibayashi and others in our department6 also reported that porous titanium processed with alkali-heat treatment has osteoinduction. This material contains...

Electroactive polymers for sensing

Electromechanical coupling in electroactive polymers (EAPs) has been widely applied for actuation and is also being increasingly investigated for sensing chemical and mechanical stimuli. EAPs are a unique class of materials, with low-moduli high-strain capabilities and the ability to conform to surfaces of different shapes. These features make them attractive for applications such as wearable s...

Electroactive Polymers for Robotic Applications

Identifying factors controlling protein release from combinatorial biomaterial libraries via hybrid data mining methods.

Polyanhydrides are a class of degradable biomaterials that have shown much promise for applications in drug and vaccine delivery. Their properties can be tailored for controlled drug release, drug/protein stability, and immune regulation (adjuvant effect). Identifying the relationship between the molecular structures of the polymers and the drug release kinetics profiles would help understand t...