Conversion of bulk seashells to biocompatible hydroxyapatite for bone implants

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 910-918

  Vecchio, Kenneth S ^a   Zhang, Xing ^a   Massie, Jennifer B ^a   Wang, Mark ^a   Kim, Choll W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biocompatible; Hydrothermal reaction; Hydroxyapatite; Seashells

Indexed keywords

BONE; DEFECTS; FRACTURE; HYDROXYAPATITE; MOLLUSCS; SHELLFISH; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); TEMPERATURE;

BONE IMPLANT; CLAM SHELL; FRACTURE STRESS; GIGAS; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; HYDROTHERMAL REACTION; LOWS-TEMPERATURES; SEASHELL; TRIDACNA; UNTREATED CONTROL;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY;

BIOMATERIAL; HYDROXYAPATITE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BONE DEFECT; BONE GROWTH; BONE PROSTHESIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CLAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FIBROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; LOW TEMPERATURE; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; WEIGHT BEARING;

BIVALVIA; RATTUS; STROMBUS GIGAS; TRIDACNA GIGAS;

EID: 34548540559     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2007.06.003     Document Type: Article

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