Rheological Performance of Bacterial Cellulose based Nonmineralized and Mineralized Hydrogel Scaffolds

Probal Basu, Nabanita Saha, Petr Saha

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Abstract

Bacterial cellulose (BC) based hydrogels (BC-PVP and BC-CMC) are modified with β-tri-calcium phosphate (β-TCP) and hydroxyapatite (HA) to improve the structural and functional properties of the existing hydrogel scaffolds. The modified hydrogels are then biomineralized with CaCO 3 following liquid diffusion technique, where salt solutions of Na 2CO 3 (5.25 g/100 mL) and CaCl 2 (7.35 g/100 mL) were involved. The BC-PVP and BC-CMC are being compared with the non-mineralized (BC-PVP-β-TCP/HA and BC-CMC-β-TCP/HA) and biomineralized (BC-PVP-β-TCP/HA-CaCO 3 and BC-CMC-β-TCP/HA-CaCO 3) hydrogels on the basis of their structural and rheological properties. The Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectral analysis demonstrated the presence of BC, CMC, PVP, β-TCP, HA in the non-mineralized and BC, CMC, PVP, β-TCP, HA and CaCO 3 in the biomineralized samples. Interestingly, the morphological property of non-mineralized and biomineralized, hydrogels are different than that of BC-PVP and BC-CMC based novel biomaterials. The Scanning Electron Microscopic (SEM) images of the before mentioned samples reveal the denser structures than BC-PVP and BC-CMC, which exhibits the changes in their pore sizes. Concerning rheological analysis point of view, all the non-mineralized and biomineralized hydrogel scaffolds have shown significant elastic property. Additionally, the complex viscosity (η∗) values have also found in decreasing order with the increase of angular frequency (ω) 0.1 rad.sec -1 to 100 rad.sec -1. All these BC based hydrogel scaffolds are elastic in nature, can be recommended for their application as an implant for bone tissue engineering.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationNovel Trends in Rheology Vii
EditorsMartin Zatloukal
Pages050008-1–050008-7
ISBN (Electronic)9780735415133
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017

Publication series

NameAIP Conference Proceedings
Volume1843
ISSN (Print)0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)1551-7616

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