Open AccessZeolite in tissue engineering: Opportunities and challenges
Author(s) -
Zarrintaj Payam,
Mahmodi Ghader,
Manouchehri Saeed,
Mashhadzadeh Amin Hamed,
Khodadadi Mohsen,
Servatan Morteza,
Ganjali Mohammad Reza,
Azambre Bruno,
Kim SeokJhin,
Ramsey Josh D,
Habibzadeh Sajjad,
Saeb Mohammad Reza,
Mozafari Masoud
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
medcomm
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2688-2663
DOI - 10.1002/mco2.5
Subject(s) - tissue engineering , microporous material , regenerative medicine , biocompatibility , materials science , nanotechnology , hard tissue , scaffold , zeolite , porosity , biomedical engineering , biochemical engineering , engineering , chemistry , biology , medicine , stem cell , dentistry , biochemistry , metallurgy , composite material , genetics , catalysis
Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine follow a multidisciplinary attitude to the expansion and application of new materials for the treatment of different tissue defects. Typically, proper tissue regeneration is accomplished through concurrent biocompatibility and positive cellular activity. This can be resulted by the smart selection of platforms among bewildering arrays of structural possibilities with various porosity properties (ie, pore size, pore connectivity, etc). Among diverse porous structures, zeolite is known as a microporous tectosilicate that can potentially provide a biological microenvironment in tissue engineering applications. In addition, zeolite has been particularly appeared promising in wound dressing and bone‐ and tooth‐oriented scaffolds. The wide range of composition and hierarchical pore structure renders the zeolitic materials a unique character, particularly, for tissue engineering purposes. Despite such unique features, research on zeolitic platforms for tissue engineering has not been classically presented. In this review, we overview, classify, and categorize zeolitic platforms employed in biological and tissue engineering applications.