Striped, bioactive Ce-TiO2 material with peroxynitrite-scavenging activity

Controlling aligned fiber micro-architectures to simulate the extracellular matrix for inducing important biological functions is a key challenge with regard to successful tissue regeneration. Here we present a bottom-up microemulsion-mediated strategy to obtain highly bioactive and biocompatible, s...

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Autores: Gravina, Noel, Ruso, Juan M., Laiuppa, Juan Andrés, Santillán, Graciela Edith, Marco Brown, José Luis, D'elía, Noelia Laura, Messina, Paula Verónica
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/21636
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/21636
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Peroxynitrite
Microemulsion
Striped Material
Anatase
Hydroxyapatite
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Sumario:Controlling aligned fiber micro-architectures to simulate the extracellular matrix for inducing important biological functions is a key challenge with regard to successful tissue regeneration. Here we present a bottom-up microemulsion-mediated strategy to obtain highly bioactive and biocompatible, striped Ce–TiO2 nano-crystalline superstructures with ONOO− scavenging activity. The employment of a bulkier organic ceria precursor in the material synthesis has several concurrent effects: (I) influencing the interfacial microemulsion droplet elasticity to create an aligned distribution of prismatic anatase nanoparticles causing the final lined morphology, (II) stabilizing the anatase active phase in a fine dispersed state and improving its resistance to the thermal anatase–rutile conversion, (III) indirectly favoring the rapid formation on the material surface of a hydroxyapatite layer composed of sphere-like globules of 3–5 μm in diameter essential for bone-bonding, and finally (IV) accelerating the ONOO− degradation into less harmful species NO2− and O2.