Issue 33, 2010
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Journal of Materials Chemistry

Biopolymer-coated hydroxyapatite foams: a new antidote for heavy metal intoxication

S. Sánchez-Salcedo,ab   M. Vila,ab   I. Izquierdo-Barba,ab   M. Cicuéndezab  and  María Vallet-Regí*ab  

* Corresponding authors

a Dept. Química Inorgánica y Bioinorgánica, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Plaza de Ramón y Cajal s/n, Madrid, Spain
E-mail: vallet@farm.ucm.es

b Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red, Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina, CIBER-BBN, Spain

Abstract

Novel 3D-macroporous biopolymer-coated hydroxyapatite foams are potential devices for the treatment of heavy-metal intoxication by ingestion. These foams are designed to exhibit a fast and efficient metal ion immobilization into the HA structure in acidic media. The capture process of metal ions is stable, not releasing any metal ion when the foams are soaked in clean basic media afterwards. These two steps mimic a digestion process.

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Article information

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C0JM01260B
Article type
Paper
Submitted
29 Apr 2010
Accepted
17 May 2010
First published
06 Jul 2010

J. Mater. Chem., 2010,20, 6956-6961

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Biopolymer-coated hydroxyapatite foams: a new antidote for heavy metal intoxication

S. Sánchez-Salcedo, M. Vila, I. Izquierdo-Barba, M. Cicuéndez and M. Vallet-Regí, J. Mater. Chem., 2010, 20, 6956 DOI: 10.1039/C0JM01260B

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