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  • Publication
    Preparation and characterization of electrospun polylactic acid/sodium alginate/orange oyster shell composite nanofiber for biomedical application
    (SPRINGER, 2020) BİLĞİÇ ALKAYA, DİLEK; Cesur, Sumeyye; Oktar, Faik Nuzhet; Ekren, Nazmi; Kilic, Osman; Alkaya, Dilek Bilgic; Seyhan, Serap Ayaz; Ege, Zeynep Ruya; Lin, Chi-Chang; Erdem, Serap; Erdemir, Gokce; Gunduz, Oguzhan
    Bone tissue engineering has begun to draw attention in recent years. The interactive combination of biomaterials and cells is part of bone tissue engineering. Sodium alginate (SA) is a biologically compatible, degradable, non-toxic natural polymer accepted by the human body and is widely used in the field of tissue engineering. Polylactic acid (PLA) is another type of biodegradable thermoplastic polyester derived from renewable sources which are used in bone tissue engineering and biomedical owing to its biocompatibility and biodegradability. Hydroxyapatite (HA) and tricalcium phosphate (TCP) derived from natural sources such as marine species and bovine bone are biocompatible and non-toxic biomaterials which are used to reconstruct many parts of the skeleton. In this study, PLA, SA with different compositions, and nanofibers obtained by adding orange spiny oyster shell powders (Spondylus barbatus) to them by using electrospining technique. Cell culture study, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD), and physical analysis such as density, electrical conductivity, surface tension, viscosity measurement, and tensile strength measurement tests were carried out after the production process. Produced nanofibers showed smooth and beadless surface. The average diameters and distributions decreased with the addition of optimum PLA and TCP amount. The tensile strength of nanofibers was enhanced with the additional SA and TCP. The produced nanofibers are compatible with human bone tissue, which are not cytotoxic, and in addition, a high cell efficiency of SaOS-2 cells on the nanofibers was observed with SEM images.
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    Studies on goat hydroxyapatite/commercial inert glass biocomposites
    (SPRINGER, 2019) OKTAR, FAİK NÜZHET; Akyurt, N.; Yetmez, M.; Oktar, F. N.
    In this study, mechanical properties and microstructural analysis of goat-derived hydroxyapatite/commercial inert glass biocomposites are considered in the temperature range between 1000 and 1300 degrees C. The results indicate that the best values of maximum compressive strength and microhardness are achieved in the samples sintered at 1200 degrees C for the glass in the weight of 5 and 10%. Moreover, above 1000 degrees C, decomposition of hydroxyapatite and new phase formations such as whitlockite and silicocarnotite play also a major role in the hardness and strength for goat hydroxyapatite/commercial inert glass biocomposites.
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    Developments of 3D polycaprolactone/beta-tricalcium phosphate/collagen scaffolds for hard tissue engineering
    (SPRINGER, 2019) İNAN, AHMET TALAT; Aydogdu, Mehmet O.; Mutlu, Bilcen; Kurt, Mustafa; Inan, Ahmet T.; Kuruca, Serap E.; Erdemir, Goekce; Sahin, Yesim M.; Ekren, Nazmi; Oktar, Faik N.; Gunduz, Oguzhan
    3D bioprinting provides an innovative strategy to fabricate a new composite scaffold material consisted in a porous and rough structure with using polycaprolactone (PCL), beta-tricalcium phosphate (beta-TCP), and collagen as a building block for tissue engineering. We investigated the optimization of the scaffold properties based on the beta-TCP concentration using 3D bioprinting method. Computer-aided drawing was applied in order to digitally design the scaffolds while instead of solid filaments, materials were prepared as a blend solution and controlled evaporation of the solvent during the bioprinting was enabled the proper solidification of the scaffolds, and they were successfully produced with well-defined porous structure. This work demonstrated the feasibility of complex PCL/beta-TCP/collagen scaffolds as an alternative in the 3D bioprinting engineering to the fabrication of porous scaffolds for tissue engineering.
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    Production of 3D-Printed Tympanic Membrane Scaffolds as a Tissue Engineering Application
    (Springer, 2020) ŞAHİN, ALİ; Ilhan E., Ulag S., Sahin A., Ekren N., Kilic O., Oktar F.N., Gunduz O.
    In recent years, scaffolds produced in 3D printing technology have become more widespread tool due to providing more advantages than traditional methods in tissue engineering applications. In this research, it was aimed to produce patches for the treatment of tympanic membrane perforations which caused significant hearing loss by using 3D printing method. Polylactic acid (PLA) scaffolds with Chitosan (CS) added in various ratios were prepared for artificial eardrum patches. Different amounts of CS added to PLA to obtain more biocompatible scaffolds. The created patches were designed by mimicking the thickness of the natural tympanic membrane thanks to the precision provided by the 3D printed method. The produced scaffolds were analyzed separately for physical, chemical, morphological, mechanical and biocompatibility properties. Human adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells (hAD-MSCs) were used for cell culture study to analyze the biocompatibility properties. 15 wt% PLA was chosen as the control group. Scaffold containing 3 wt% CS demonstrated significantly superior and favorable features in printing quality. The study continued with these two scaffolds (15PLA and 15PLA/3CS). This study showed that PLA and PLA/CS 3D printed scaffolds are a potential application for repairing tympanic membrane perforation. © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020.
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    Production of the novel fibrous structure of poly(epsilon-caprolactone)/tri-calcium phosphate/hexagonal boron nitride composites for bone tissue engineering
    (AUSTRALIAN CERAMIC SOCIETY, 2018) OKTAR, FAİK NÜZHET; Ozbek, Burak; Erdogan, Barkin; Ekren, Nazmi; Oktar, Faik Nuzhet; Akyol, Sibel; Ben-Nissan, Besim; Sasmazel, Hilal Turkoglu; Kalkandelen, Cevriye; Mergen, Ayhan; Kuruca, Serap Erdem; Ozen, Gunes; Gunduz, Oguzhan
    Nanofibrous composites of the poly(epsilon-caprolactone) (PCL), tricalcium phosphate (TCP), and hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) with different compositions were manufactured by using an economical and non-complicated method called electrospinning. Produced fibrous structures showed no bead formation and had a clean surface. Characterization of the composites showed that particles were successfully mixed with polymer phase. High cell activity of SaOS-2 cells on the composites was observed with SEM images. In addition, fibrous scaffolds are biocompatible with human bone tissue and are highly degradable.