Ionic liquid-assisted formation of cellulose/calcium phosphate hybrid materials

• Main Authors: Ahmed Salama, Mike Neumann, Christina Günter, Andreas Taubert
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Beilstein-Institut 2014-09-01
• Series: Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology
• Subjects: biomineralization; calcium phosphate; carbohydrates; cellulose; hybrid materials; ionic liquid
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.5.167

Cellulose/calcium phosphate hybrid materials were synthesized via an ionic liquid-assisted route. Scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, infrared spectroscopy, and thermogravimetric analysis/differential thermal analysis show that, depending on the reaction conditions, cellulose/hydroxyapatite, cellulose/chlorapatite, or cellulose/monetite composites form. Preliminary studies with MC3T3-E1 pre-osteoblasts show that the cells proliferate on the hybrid materials suggesting that the ionic liquid-based process yields materials that are potentially useful as scaffolds for regenerative therapies.