Tissue regeneration:: A new property of mesoporous materials

A new application of mesoporous materials as bone regenerators is described. In vitro bioactivity studies by soaking three different mesoporous materials, SBA-15, MCM-48 and MCM-41, in simulated body fluid (SBF) have been carried out. After the in vitro test, the study by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive spectroscopy, electron diffraction and microscopy shows that an apatite-like layer is formed on the surface of SBA-15 and MCM-48 materials after 30 and 60 days, respectively, allowing their use in biomedical engineering for tissue regeneration. (c) 2005 Elsevier SAS. All rights reserved.