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Cijun Shuai, Xiaoxin Shi, Kai Wang, Yulong Gu, Feng Yang & Pei Feng. Ag-doped CNT/HAP nanohybrids in a PLLA bone scaffold show significant antibacterial activity[J]. Journal of Zhejiang University Science D, 2024, 7(2): 105-120.
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Abstract: Bacterial infection is a major problem following bone implant surgery. Moreover, poly-l-lactic acid/carbon
nanotube/hydroxyapatite (PLLA/CNT/HAP) bone scaffolds possess enhanced mechanical properties and show good bioactivity regarding bone defect regeneration. In this study, we synthesized silver (Ag)-doped CNT/HAP (CNT/Ag-HAP) nanohybrids
via the partial replacing of calcium ions (Ca2+) in the HAP lattice with silver ions (Ag+) using an ion doping technique under
hydrothermal conditions. Specifically, the doping process was induced using the special lattice structure of HAP and the
abundant surface oxygenic functional groups of CNT, and involved the partial replacement of Ca2+ in the HAP lattice by
doped Ag+ as well as the in situ synthesis of Ag-HAP nanoparticles on CNT in a hydrothermal environment. The resulting CNT/Ag-HAP nanohybrids were then introduced into a PLLA matrix via laser-based powder bed fusion (PBF-LB) to
fabricate PLLA/CNT/Ag-HAP scaffolds that showed sustained antibacterial activity. We then found that Ag+, which possesses broad-spectrum antibacterial activity, endowed PLLA/CNT/Ag-HAP scaffolds with this activity, with an antibacterial
effectiveness of 92.65%. This antibacterial effect is due to the powerful effect of Ag+ against bacterial structure and genetic
material, as well as the physical destruction of bacterial structures due to the sharp edge structure of CNT. In addition, the
scaffold possessed enhanced mechanical properties, showing tensile and compressive strengths of 8.49 MPa and 19.72 MPa,
respectively. Finally, the scaffold also exhibited good bioactivity and cytocompatibility, including the ability to form apatite
layers and to promote the adhesion and proliferation of human osteoblast-like cells (MG63 cells).
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