Autor:	Sonia Camero, Gema González, K. Alvarez, M. E. Alarcón, A.L. Rivas
Rok vydání:	2002
Předmět:	Materials science biology Biocompatibility Ecology Coral Biomedical Engineering Biophysics Bioengineering biology.organism_classification Characterization (materials science) Synthetic materials Biomaterials Compressive strength Acropora Coral species Composite material Porosity
Zdroj:	Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine. 13:509-515
ISSN:	0957-4530
DOI:	10.1023/a:1014787209506
Popis:	The search for ideal materials for bone substitution has been a challenge for many decades. Numerous natural and synthetic materials have been studied. For this application, exoskeletons of coral have been considered a good alternative given its tendency to resorption, biocompatibility and similarity to the mineral bone phase. Very few studies of these materials consider a detailed analysis of the structure–property relationship. The purpose of this work was to carry out the microstructural characterization of a coralline species named Acropora palmata and the determination of the mechanical and physico-chemical properties. Measurements of hardness, compressive strength, bulk density and apparent porosity were performed. From these results it was determined that this marine coral species could be an alternative xenograft due to its mechanical properties and osteoconductive nature.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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