Physicochemical and biological assessment of boron nitride nanosheets-reinforced poly(2-hydroxyethylmethacrylate) composite for biomedical applications
dc.contributor.author | Dogan, Deniz | |
dc.contributor.author | Metin, Aysegul Ulku | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2025-01-21T16:43:27Z | |
dc.date.available | 2025-01-21T16:43:27Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
dc.department | Kırıkkale Üniversitesi | |
dc.description.abstract | Research on mechanically advanced materials for biological applications involving load-bearing is in progress. Within this scope, this study is the first to propose the fabrication of bionanocomposites combining the different amounts of functionalized boron nitride nanosheets (f-BNNSs, 0-2.0 mg/mL) and poly(hydroxyethyl methac-rylate) (pHEMA). The pristine BN was exfoliated by microwave irradiation to access BNNSs at different powers and times. The as-exfoliated BNNSs were characterized by zeta-sizer, FTIR, XRD, and TEM, which showed that the BNNSs exhibited facile and processable features in tiny sizes. Bionanocomposites were fabricated by pho-topolymerization. The physical, chemical, and mechanical properties, hydrophilic behavior, and degradability of bionanocomposites were evaluated. The mechanical parameters such as Young's modulus and elongation per-centage at break showed that adding f-BNNSs up to 2.0 mg/mL significantly increased the mechanical strength of pHEMA without affecting the hydrophilicity, hemocompatibility, and cytotoxicity. Moreover, the hardness of pHEMA/f-BNNSs composites (38.56 MPa) was remarkably higher than that of pHEMA. There was no cytotoxicity recorded for fabricated bionanocomposites from the MTT assay. All nanocomposites exhibited superior anti-bacterial activities against E.coli and S.aureus compared with pHEMA. However, pHEMA/f-BNNSs composites were more effective against E.coli than S.aureus. While E.coli colonies was reduced 100% at all composites in an hour, S.aureus colonies was completely destroyed with pHEMA/1f-BNNSs and pHEMA/2f-BNNSs after 24 h in-cubation. The study's findings demonstrated that the mechanically improved pHEMA/f-BNNSs films could in-crease the application of pHEMA in biomedical fields. | |
dc.description.sponsorship | Kirikkale University Research Fund [2020/086] | |
dc.description.sponsorship | The authors gratefully thank to Kirikkale University Research Fund for financial support for this Project, numbered 2020/086. | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.mtcomm.2022.104807 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2352-4928 | |
dc.identifier.scopus | 2-s2.0-85141920308 | |
dc.identifier.scopusquality | Q2 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2022.104807 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12587/25274 | |
dc.identifier.volume | 33 | |
dc.identifier.wos | WOS:000907323400004 | |
dc.identifier.wosquality | Q2 | |
dc.indekslendigikaynak | Web of Science | |
dc.indekslendigikaynak | Scopus | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | Elsevier | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Materials Today Communications | |
dc.relation.publicationcategory | Makale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı | |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess | |
dc.snmz | KA_20241229 | |
dc.subject | Boron nitride nanosheets; Biocomposite; Mechanical and biological characterization | |
dc.title | Physicochemical and biological assessment of boron nitride nanosheets-reinforced poly(2-hydroxyethylmethacrylate) composite for biomedical applications | |
dc.type | Article |