Issue 9, 2017

Dynamical descriptors of bioactivity: a correlation between chemical durability and ion migration in biodegradable glasses

Abstract

Ion migration in two fluorinated bioactive glasses of significantly different durability was modeled through molecular dynamics simulations. Whereas the very different biodegradation of these glasses cannot be explained on the basis of their structural features alone, the analysis of the diffusive data highlights a strong connection between the glass durability determined experimentally and the activation barriers for ion diffusion extracted by the simulations, clarifying the source of the different solubility and suggesting that “dynamical” descriptors of bioactivity could represent a key tool to predict the macroscopic behavior of a biomaterial, in some cases more effectively than with the current structural descriptors.

Graphical abstract: Dynamical descriptors of bioactivity: a correlation between chemical durability and ion migration in biodegradable glasses

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
20 Oct 2016
Accepted
07 Feb 2017
First published
21 Feb 2017

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2017,19, 6334-6337

Dynamical descriptors of bioactivity: a correlation between chemical durability and ion migration in biodegradable glasses

A. Tilocca, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2017, 19, 6334 DOI: 10.1039/C6CP07203H

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