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Kong L, Zhao Y, Xiong Y, Chen J, Wang S, Yan Z, Shi H, Liu Z, Wang X. Multiscale engineered artificial compact bone via bidirectional freeze-driven lamellated organization of mineralized collagen microfibrils. Bioact Mater 2024; 40:168-181. [PMID: 38910968 PMCID: PMC11192986 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioactmat.2024.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2023] [Revised: 01/12/2024] [Accepted: 02/06/2024] [Indexed: 06/25/2024] Open
Abstract
Bone, renowned for its elegant hierarchical structure and unique mechanical properties, serves as a constant source of inspiration for the development of synthetic materials. However, achieving accurate replication of bone features in artificial materials with remarkable structural and mechanical similarity remains a significant challenge. In this study, we employed a cascade of continuous fabrication processes, including biomimetic mineralization of collagen, bidirectional freeze-casting, and pressure-driven fusion, to successfully fabricate a macroscopic bulk material known as artificial compact bone (ACB). The ACB material closely replicates the composition, hierarchical structures, and mechanical properties of natural bone. It demonstrates a lamellated alignment of mineralized collagen (MC) microfibrils, similar to those found in natural bone. Moreover, the ACB exhibits a similar high mineral content (70.9 %) and density (2.2 g/cm3) as natural cortical bone, leading to exceptional mechanical properties such as high stiffness, hardness, and flexural strength that are comparable to those of natural bone. Importantly, the ACB also demonstrates excellent mechanical properties in wet, outstanding biocompatibility, and osteogenic properties in vivo, rendering it suitable for a broad spectrum of biomedical applications, including orthopedic, stomatological, and craniofacial surgeries.
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- Lingwenyao Kong
- State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Performance and Structure Safety of Petroleum Tubular Goods and Equipment Materials, Tubular Goods Research Institute of CNPC, Xi'an, 710077, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Dongzhimen Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- School of Aerospace Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- School of Aerospace Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- School of Aerospace Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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Ilami M, Bagheri H, Ahmed R, Skowronek EO, Marvi H. Materials, Actuators, and Sensors for Soft Bioinspired Robots. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2021; 33:e2003139. [PMID: 33346386 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202003139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2020] [Revised: 08/15/2020] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Biological systems can perform complex tasks with high compliance levels. This makes them a great source of inspiration for soft robotics. Indeed, the union of these fields has brought about bioinspired soft robotics, with hundreds of publications on novel research each year. This review aims to survey fundamental advances in bioinspired soft actuators and sensors with a focus on the progress between 2017 and 2020, providing a primer for the materials used in their design.
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- Mahdi Ilami
- School for Engineering of Matter, Transport & Energy, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287, USA
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- School for Engineering of Matter, Transport & Energy, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287, USA
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- School for Engineering of Matter, Transport & Energy, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287, USA
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- School for Engineering of Matter, Transport & Energy, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287, USA
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- School for Engineering of Matter, Transport & Energy, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287, USA
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Ubaid J, Wardle BL, Kumar S. Bioinspired Compliance Grading Motif of Mortar in Nacreous Materials. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:33256-33266. [PMID: 32559363 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c08181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The impressive toughness and strength of natural nacre, attributed to its multi-scale and -material hierarchical architecture, has inspired biomimicry and bioinspired materials development, and here we show that material compliance gradients are a motif that can help explain their advantaged mechanical performance. We present experiments enabled via additive manufacturing that allow direct evaluation of a compliance grading motif of the mortar between the relatively stiff bricks of the nacreous material. Spatial grading of the mortar compliance redistributes stresses away from critical regions (at, and around, brick corners), resulting in overall increases of ∼60% in strength, ∼ 70% in toughness, and ∼30% in strain-to-break, while maintaining macroscopic stiffness. Mechanistically, failure initiation threshold is delayed due to enhanced strain-tolerance and strain-localization as revealed in prefailure experimental strain maps, and in agreement with numerical analyses. We further demonstrate that this modulus grading motif, beyond the stiffness mismatch between the brick and mortar periodic architecture, is a significant contributor to the performance of the much-studied nacreous systems and is suggested as a natural but overlooked mechanism in such systems.
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- Jabir Ubaid
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Masdar Campus, Masdar City, P.O. Box 54224, Abu Dhabi UAE
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- Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Masdar Campus, Masdar City, P.O. Box 54224, Abu Dhabi UAE
- James Watt School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8LT, United Kingdom
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