UFPI - Universidade Federal do Piaui 1 article published in JoVE Bioengineering Synthesis of Graphene-Hydroxyapatite Nanocomposites for Potential Use in Bone Tissue Engineering Sougata Ghosh1,2,3, Tanay Bhagwat3, Rohini Kitture4, Sirikanjana Thongmee1, Thomas J. Webster3,5,6,7 1Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, 2Department of Microbiology, School of Science, RK. University, 3Department of Chemical Engineering, Northeastern University, 4Defence Institute of Advanced Technology Campus, Navyukti Innovations Pvt. Ltd., 5Department of Biomedical Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, 6Department of Chemistry, Saveetha School of Engineering, Institute of Medical and Technical Science, Saveetha University, 7UFPI - Universidade Federal do Piauí Novel nanocomposites of graphene nanoribbons and hydroxyapatite nanoparticles were prepared using solution-phase synthesis. These hybrids when employed in bioactive scaffolds can exhibit potential applications in tissue engineering and bone regeneration.
