Development of Nanostructured Composites Based on ɛ-Polylysine and Apatite
27th European Conference on Biomaterials: Final Programme and Book of Abstracts 2015
Kristīne Šalma-Ancāne, Līga Stīpniece, Inga Narkevica

In recent years, fabrication of inorganic–organic composites mimicking the composite nature of bone has attracted research interest in the field of bone regeneration. Over the last decade, nanosized and nanocrystalline apatite (Ap) has been of special interest to dentistry, the orthopedic industry and nanomedicine because of their excellent performance. ɛ-Polylysine (ɛ-PL) is non-toxic, biodegradable, water soluble natural homopolymer with potential applications in medicine. ɛ-PL is a cationic surface active agent due to its positively charged amino group in water. In last decade experimental work has been done investigating the interactions of various macromolecules of acidic amino acids with hydroxyapatite. In this study, novel bioactive nanostructured composites for bone tissue engineering were developed based on ɛ-PL and apatite (Ap). This composite biomaterial would combine the chemical and biological functionality of ε-PL and bioactivity of Ap.


Keywords
ɛ-Polylysine, hydroxyapaite, in sity synthesis, spray drying

Šalma-Ancāne, K., Stīpniece, L., Narkevica, I. Development of Nanostructured Composites Based on ɛ-Polylysine and Apatite. In: 27th European Conference on Biomaterials: Final Programme and Book of Abstracts, Poland, Krakow, 30 Aug-3 Sep., 2015. Krakow: Scientific Publishing House „Akapit”, 2015, pp.394-394. ISBN 978-83-63663-63-6.

Publication language
English (en)
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