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      Hydroxyapatite-based magnetic bionanocomposite as pharmaceuticals carriers in chitosan scaffolds (2021) 

      Chaves, Anderson Valério; Melo Freire, Rafael; Feitosa, V. P.; Silva Ricardo, Nagila Maria Pontes; Casagrande Denardin, Juliano; Andrade Neto, Davino Machado; Almeida Fechine, Pierre Basílio (MDPI AG, 2021)
      Hydroxyapatite (HA) is a bioceramic very similar to the mineral component of bones and teeth. It is well established that osteoblasts grow better onto HA-coated metals than on metals alone. Herein, the preparation of a new ...
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      Mechanical and antimicrobial polyethylene composites with CaO nanoparticles (2020) 

      Silva, Cristián; Bobillier, Felipe; Canales, Daniel A.; Sepúlveda, Francesca; Cament, Alejandro; Amigó, Nicolás; Rivas, Lina María; Ulloa, María Teresa; Reyes-Contreras, Pablo; Ortiz, J. Andrés; ... (MDPI AG, 2020-09-18)
      Low-density polyethylene composites containing different sizes of calcium oxide (CaO) nanoparticles were obtained by melt mixing. The CaO nanoparticles were synthesized by either the sol-gel or sonication methods, obtaining ...