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Biocompatibility of Nanomaterials Reinforced Polymer-Based Nanocomposites

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Nowadays, biodegradable materials are considered the suitable solution for most global problems. Therefore, many types of research were made to study their properties to develop the applied methods, and introducing the concept of biodegradable polymer nanocomposites leads to the improvement of several applications like wound dressing, drug delivery, bone tissue engineering, etc. The biodegradation process generally breaks an extensive material into simpler and less complex substances, and the prefix bio refers to the reliance on vital ways. The breakdown of the material may occur through microbial enzymes, as it is one crucial biological method that analyzes polymeric materials in the environment owing to the dependence of microbes on them as a source of their nutrition. Decomposition may occur by enzymes located in the body due to their ability to catalyze the breakdown of materials. The presence of additives such as nanomaterials with the polymer affects the rate of its decomposition and the non-biotic factors present, affecting the biodegradation rate.

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Abbreviations

AFM:

Atomic force microscope

ASTM:

American Society for Testing and Materials

BTE:

Bone tissue engineering

CNT:

Carbon nanotubes

CS:

Chitosan

CS-GO:

Graphene oxide-bio-chitosan

DMA:

Dynamic modulus analysis

DSC:

Differential scanning calorimeter

ECM:

Extracellular matrix

EDAX:

Energy dispersive analysis by X-rays

FTIR:

Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy

HA:

Hydroxyapatite

H2O2:

Hydrogen peroxide

HOCl:

Hypochlorous acid

HPLC:

High-performance liquid chromatography

JCPDS:

Joint Committee on Powder Diffraction Standards

LDH:

Lactate dehydrogenase

LDPE:

Low-density polyethylene

MS:

Mass spectrometry

MWCNT:

Multi-walled carbon nanotube

nHA:

Nanohydroxyapatite

NMR:

Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy

OMMT:

Organophilic montmorillonite

PCL:

Polycaprolactone

PDLLA:

Poly(D, L-lactic acid)

PEEK:

Poly(ether-ether-ketone)

PEO:

Polyethylene oxide

PGA:

Glycolic acid

PHB:

Poly(hydroxybutyrate)

P3HB:

Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate)

PHBV:

Poly (3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate)

PHV:

Polyhydroxy valerate

PLA:

Polylactides

PLG:

Poly(lactide-coglycolide)

PLGA:

Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid)

PLLA:

Poly-L-lactic acid

PLS:

Photoluminescence spectroscopy

PNCs:

Polymer nanocomposites

PS-CNTs:

Polystyrene-carbon nanotubes

ROS:

Reactive oxygen species

SAXS:

Small-angle X-ray scattering

SEC:

Size exclusion chromatography

SEM:

Scanning electron microscope

SiO2:

Silicon dioxide

TCP:

Tricalcium phosphate

TEM:

Transmission electron microscopy

TGA:

Thermogravimetric analysis

TMA:

Thermomechanical analysis

WAXD:

Wide-angle X-ray diffraction

XPS:

X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

XRD:

X-ray diffraction

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  1. Farida Ah. Fouad, Donia G. Youssef and Fatma A. Refay contributed equally with all other contributors.

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  1. Biophysics Department, Faculty of Women for Arts; Science and Education, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

    Farida Ah. Fouad & Donia G. Youssef

  2. Chemistry/Micro-biology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt

    Fatma A. Refay

  3. Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt

    Fakiha El-Taib Heakal

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  1. Chemistry Department, Al-Azhar University, Assiut, Egypt

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  2. Vice President of Advanced Material Research, Stanley Black & Decker, Inc, Connecticut, USA

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Fouad, F.A., Youssef, D.G., Refay, F.A., Heakal, F.ET. (2022). Biocompatibility of Nanomaterials Reinforced Polymer-Based Nanocomposites. In: Ali, G.A.M., Makhlouf, A.S.H. (eds) Handbook of Biodegradable Materials. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-83783-9_17-1

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