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Hybrid Nanomaterial Scaffolds for Specific Biomedical Applications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Mandar Gadre ,
Jianing Yang  and
Frederic Zenhausern
Mandar Gadre
Affiliation:
[email protected], Arizona State University, School of Materials, Tempe, Arizona, United States
Jianing Yang
Affiliation:
[email protected], University of Arizona, Center for Applied Nanobioscience & Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Frederic Zenhausern
Affiliation:
[email protected], University of Arizona, Center for Applied Nanobioscience & Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona, United States
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Abstract

Highly porous nanomaterials like aerogels, hybrid crosslinked aerogels (X-aerogels) and xerogels exhibit a broad range of tailorable properties such as the pore size, surface area, surface chemistry and mechanical strength. The versatile manufacturing route of sol-gel synthesis and various tunable properties makes aerogels and xerogels attractive candidates for biomedical applications including tissue engineering, sample collection applicators and engineered microenvironments for three-dimensional cell culture. The present study explores meso- and macroporous inorganic-organic hybrid aerogels prepared via sol-gel processing for two different applications, namely, as scaffolds for cell culture and as potential materials for sample collection applicators.

Keywords

aerogelsol-gelbiomedical
Type
Research Article
Information
MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1237: Symposium TT – Nanobiotechnology and Nanobiophotonics - Opportunities and Challenges , 2009 , 1237-TT05-02
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2010

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