Chemical Engineering / Kimya Mühendisliği
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Article Citation - WoS: 62Citation - Scopus: 72Diatomite Reinforced Chitosan Composite Membrane as Potential Scaffold for Guided Bone Regeneration(Elsevier Ltd., 2017) Tamburacı, Sedef; Tıhmınlıoğlu, FundaIn this study, natural silica source, diatomite, incorporated novel chitosan based composite membranes were fabricated and characterized for bone tissue engineering applications as possible bone regeneration membrane. The effect of diatomite loading on the mechanical, morphological, chemical, thermal and surface properties, wettability and in vitro cytotoxicity and cell proliferation on of composite membranes were investigated and observed by tensile test, atomic force microscopy (AFM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA), protein adsorption assay, air/water contact angle analysis and WST-1 respectively. Swelling studies were also performed by water absorption capacity determination. Results showed that incorporation of diatomite to the chitosan matrix increased the surface roughness, swelling capacity and tensile modulus of membranes. An increase of about 52% in Young's modulus was achieved for 10 wt% diatomite composite membranes compared with chitosan membranes. High cell viability results were obtained with indirect extraction method. Besides, in vitro cell proliferation and ALP activity results showed that diatom incorporation significantly increased the ALP activity of Saos-2 cells cultured on chitosan membranes. The novel composite membranes prepared in the present study with tunable properties can be considered as a potential candidate as a scaffold in view of its enhanced physical & chemical properties as well as biological activities for bone tissue engineering applications.Article Citation - WoS: 73Citation - Scopus: 77Zinc Oxide and Zinc Hydroxide Formation Via Aqueous Precipitation: Effect of the Preparation Route and Lysozyme Addition(Elsevier Ltd., 2015) Top, Ayben; Çetinkaya, HayrullahAqueous precipitation products of Zn(NO3)2 and NaOH obtained by changing the method of combining the reactants and by using lysozyme as an additive were investigated. In the case of single addition method, octahedral ε-Zn(OH)2 and plate-like β-Zn(OH)2 structures formed in the absence and in the presence of lysozyme, respectively. Calcination of these Zn(OH)2 samples at 700 °C yielded porous ZnO structures by conserving the template crystals. When zinc source was added dropwise into NaOH solution, predominantly clover-like ZnO crystals were obtained independent of lysozyme addition. Mixed spherical and elongated ZnO morphology was observed when NaOH was added dropwise into Zn(NO3)2 solution containing lysozyme. Lysozyme contents of the precipitation products were estimated as in the range of ∼5-20% and FTIR indicated no significant conformational change of lysozyme in the composite. These results suggest that lysozyme-ZnO/Zn(OH)2 composite materials may have a value as an antibacterial material.