生物矿化中的凝聚态化学

不同于研究体相或分子与分子之间的常规化学,凝聚态化学重点关注的是多层次结构的凝聚态物质,主要研究凝聚态物质的化学性质与功能、构筑机制、凝聚态物质之间的反应以及结构与功能间的关系,也是生物矿化研究中特别感兴趣的科学问题。生物矿化是通过有机基质调控无机矿物的生成,构筑具有多层次结构和特殊功能(如保护、传感和运动等)的生物凝聚态物质。研究生物矿化中的化学构筑与结构-功能关系,通过仿生矿化可以设计并制备具有类生物矿物结构和先进功能的仿生凝聚态材料。本文从凝聚态化学的角度介绍生物矿化和仿生矿化领域的概况以及取得的重要成果和新认识,重点综述了本课题组近年来受生物矿化启发,基于无机离子寡聚体的仿生新材料构筑和功能方面的研究成果。相信生物矿化将为新兴凝聚态化学的研究和发展提供良好参考,同时从凝聚态化学的新高度看待和指导生物矿化,也将促进生物矿化研究走向新的台阶。     

生物矿化中的无定形碳酸钙

本文综述了无定形碳酸钙的结构、合成和表征方法,阐明了无定形碳酸钙是一种热力学上的不稳定相.具有功能基团的有机高分子、功能蛋白质以及无机镁离子等添加剂对它有一定的稳定作用,抑制它的转化;但是在一定条件下它将转化成结晶态的碳酸钙.无定形碳酸钙具有高可溶性、各向同性和可塑性,正是这些特性使得生物采用它作为生物矿物的前体来矿化,形成具有精美结构的各种生物矿物.通过对无定形碳酸钙的研究,能够更加深入地了解生物矿化的机理,更好地仿生合成和制备各种功能材料.     

仿生矿化增强材料

近年来,随着材料科学领域的发展,机械性能优异且具有特定功能的有机-无机复合材料成为了研究热点。而天然的生物矿化过程产生了在自然界中分布广泛、结构特征多样性、机械性能优异的天然生物矿物,比如牙齿、骨骼、珍珠、贝壳、海胆刺、海洋红虫颚等。这些天然复合增强材料中的矿化组织结构特点和矿化机理为仿生设计与合成具有特定结构、特定功能和优异机械性能的材料提供了理论依据。通过模拟天然过程的仿生矿化方法,利用有机基质调控无机矿物成核生长为固态矿物,最终能够定向组装具有特定有序结构和先进功能的有机-无机复合材料。本文主要综述了自然界中通过生物矿化过程得到的高强度、高韧性的天然复合增强材料,以及受生物矿化增强现象的启发,在化学与材料仿生矿化合成中出现的一些有机-无机复合的增强材料。     

高分子基质作用下碳酸钙的仿生合成

依据生物矿化的基本原理,在动态条件下,通过仿生合成的方法,以三种高聚物：聚乙三醇、聚乙烯醇、羟乙基纤维作为有机基质,分别合成了高聚物含量不同的三种CaCO~3/高聚物复合材料,这些无机/有机复合材料与生物体内经过生物矿化作用所形成的生物矿物颇为相似,具有独特的微观结构形态和一定的取向,这些结果对于具有生物相容性和优异性能的碳酸钙功能的合成具有一守的指导意义。     

从生物矿化到仿生矿化：构筑新功能生命体

生物矿化是生命体通过调控无机矿物的成核、取向、生长和组装来制造有机-无机复合材料的过程。借鉴生物矿化的原理,可利用有机基质实现无机材料的可控合成,制备出性能优异的新型复合材料。更有趣的是,将材料和生物体从结构和功能两个层面整合,利用材料-生物之间的协同调控,可构筑出新功能生命体,这也是仿生矿化发展的重要方向。本论文首先介绍生物矿化的基本理论和自然界中的生物矿化现象。随后通过对生物矿物结构和功能的阐述,提出仿生构筑新功能生命体的概念,并系统介绍构筑新型材料-生物体的方法,在此基础上系统总结新功能生命体在环保、能源、医学等领域的应用。最后,针对目前该领域存在的局限和问题展开讨论,对实现智能仿生构筑生命体的研究进行展望。我们认为基于仿生矿化构筑新功能生命体的研究能够推动学科边界不断融合,为材料学、化学生物学、生物无机化学以及医学等领域的发展提供新的方向。     

胶原矿化与仿生修复

脊椎动物硬组织（牙和骨）是通过生命系统的矿化过程形成的,其中矿化胶原是这些生物材料的基本结构单元。矿化胶原是由胶原分子与纳米磷酸钙矿物形成的有机-无机复合材料,其所特有的纳米有序多级结构赋予了生物硬组织材料优异的机械性能（如硬度和韧性）。该结构特性和矿化过程可为新型硬组织修复材料制备提供有益的启示。其中,胶原纤维内有序矿化是仿生重构的难点,也是开展硬组织修复的关键。本文综述了骨的分层结构特征、胶原分子的组装和矿化胶原的多级结构特点,胶原分子和非胶原蛋白与磷酸钙材料的相互作用,功能调控分子对胶原和矿物的界面修饰,以及胶原矿化技术在硬组织修复中的应用;指出了目前胶原矿化亟须解决的一些关键问题,如调控无定形矿物进入胶原纤维、胶原矿化速度和程度,大规模有序胶原纤维制备等。     

无机材料的仿生合成

生物矿化重要的特征之一是细胞分泌的有机基质调制无机矿物的成核和生长, 形成具有特殊组装方式和多级结构特点的生物矿化材料(如骨、牙和贝壳)。仿生合成就是将生物矿化的机理引入无机材料合成, 以有机物的组装体为模板, 去控制无机物的形成,制备具有独特显微结构特点的无机材料, 使材料具有优异的物理和化学性能。仿生合成已成为无机材料化学的研究前沿。本文综述了无机材料仿生合成的发展现状。     

二氧化硅的仿生矿化

自然界的进化赋予某些生物体在生理条件下制备复杂结构生物矿物的能力。它们复杂而多尺度有序的结构、特殊的功能以及物种特异的遗传控制特征远非当前的人工合成技术所能实现,因此,师法自然,仿生矿化成为先进材料制备的重要手段之一。研究发现,生物体中的有机基质在生物矿物的形成过程中起着至关重要的作用,例如从含有生物二氧化硅的硅藻、海绵骨针中分离得到的silaffins、长链聚胺,从海绵中提取的silicateins等,这些生物分子通过操纵有机-无机界面作用,从分子水平上控制无机矿物的成核与生长,从而使生物矿物具有特殊的分级结构和组装方式。人们设计或选用具有相似结构或功能的有机分子,模拟生物矿化过程,仿生制备了不同形态、结构和功能的二氧化硅纳米材料。本文以有机-无机界面作用为核心,以认识自然、学习自然、矿物合成及构型调控为主线,从生物二氧化硅的形成机制、仿生矿化的研究进展、应用概况进行了评述,指出了当前研究存在的问题及相应的解决思路,并对仿生矿化的前景进行了展望。     

仿生矿化与硬组织修复

生物矿化(Biomineralization)是生物硬组织(软体动物的外壳,脊椎动物的骨和牙等)形成的重要环节,是生物体调控矿物沉积,并利用矿物增强硬组织机能的重要生物策略。生物矿化所形成的生物矿物具有多级有序的结构、优异的机械性能和重要的生理功能,启发了有机-无机复合生物材料的设计和仿生矿化制备,为体内外硬组织修复提供研究思路和奠定材料基础。本文主要综述了生物矿化的基本原理和主要生物矿物,矿物结晶原理和新认识,与硬组织修复密切相关的胶原矿化机制和最新进展,硬组织材料的多级结构特征,以及仿生矿化在硬组织修复中的前沿进展。     

受生物启发模拟合成生物矿物材料及其机理研究进展

自然界中存在大量复杂、高度功能化的生物矿物材料如贝壳、珍珠、牙齿、骨骼等,其中很多是非常普通的无机矿物材料。运用仿生合成的思路来制备形貌可控、结构特殊且具有独特性质的材料一直是交叉学科研究的热点,如何模拟生物矿化方法合成功能化材料,正逐渐引起科学界的关注。碳酸钙等生物矿物材料广泛存在于生物和地质体系中,对生物体的特异功能起着极其重要的作用。本文将重点回顾有关碳酸钙等生物矿物材料的生物模拟合成研究的进展。生物矿物合成的微环境主要包括模板和溶液相。本文即从这两方面着手,评述了近年来利用软、硬模板法模拟合成生物矿物的研究进展。     

Polymer-controlled, bio-inspired calcium phosphate mineralization from aqueous solution

Nowadays, the majority of the commercially available calcium phosphate materials is fabricated by 'classical' materials science approaches, i.e., from rather poorly defined slurries or from organic solvents, often at high temperatures and pressures. Bioinspired precipitation of inorganics with (polymeric) additives from aqueous solution, on the other hand, enables the synthesis of intriguing inorganic or organic/inorganic materials that are often much more closely related to biological structures. This article discusses approaches for the fabrication of bio-inspired calcium phosphate hybrid materials by precipitation from aqueous solution. The article focuses on polymers and related self-assembling structures for the design of CaP/organic hybrids and pure CaP with crystal structures and morphologies regulated by the respective additive.     

Biomimetic smart nanopores and nanochannels

Nature provides a huge range of biological materials, just as ion channels, with various smart functions over millions of years of evolution, and which serve as a big source of bio-inspiration for biomimetic materials. In this critical review, a strategy for the design and synthesis of biomimetic smart nanopores and nanochannels is presented and put into context with recent progress in this rapidly growing field from biological, inorganic, organic to composite nanopore and nanochannel materials, which can respond to single/multiple external stimuli, e.g., pH, temperature, light, and so on. This review is intended to utilize a specific responsive behavior for regulating ionic transport properties inside the single nanopore or nanochannel as an example to demonstrate the feasibility of the design strategy, and provide an overview of this fascinating research field (109 references).     

A study on biomineralization behavior of N-methylene phosphochitosan scaffolds

Biomimetic growth of calcium phosphate over natural polymer may be an effective approach to constituting an organic/inorganic composite scaffold for bone tissue engineering. In this work, N-methylene phosphochitosan (NMPCS) was prepared via formaldehyde addition and condensation with phosphoric acid in a step that allowed homogeneous modification without obvious deterioration in chitosan (CS) properties. The NMPCS obtained was characterized by using FT-IR and elemental analysis. The macroporous scaffolds were fabricated through a freeze-drying technique. A comparative study on NMPCS and CS scaffold biomimetic mineralization was carried out in different media, i.e, a simulated body fluid (SBF) or alternative CaCl(2) and Na(2)HPO(4) solutions respectively. Apatite formation within NMPCS and CS scaffolds was identified with FT-IR, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive X-ray (EDX) and X-ray diffractometery (XRD). The results revealed alternate soaking of the scaffolds in CaCl(2) and Na(2)HPO(4) solutions was better than soaking in SBF solution alone in relation to apatite deposition on the scaffold pore walls. Biomineralization provides an approach to improve nature derived materials, e.g., chitosan derivative NMPCS properties e.g., compressive modulus, etc. SEM image of a NMPCS/apatite composite scaffold.     

Construction and application of photoresponsive smart nanochannels

In living organisms, many biological processes are inextricably linked with light, such as the photosynthesis systems and rhodopsin. Hence, construction of light-sensitive biomimetic-nanochannels, which can realize the functions of cells and other membrane structures with high degree of spatial and temporal control, is particularly attractive and challenging. As a cornerstone of light-sensitive nanochannels, the photoresponsive materials are a big family and at their mature stage after several decades of development, which can provide different strategies to construct biomimetic photoresponsive nanochannels. In this review, we mainly summarize the construction and applications of photoresponsive nanochannels on the basis of various photoresponsive materials. The construction of photoresponsive nanochannels can be classified into four categories: photoresponsive inorganic nanochannels based on inorganic-compound-based photonic sensitive materials; photoresponsive organic nanochannels based on organic-compound-based photonic sensitive materials; photoresponsive polymers nanochannel based on photoresponsive polymers materials and potential photoresponsive nanochannels based on other photoresponsive materials. After introducing the construction of photoresponsive nanochannels, the review highlights some of the most recent applications of photoresponsive nanochannels in separation, energy conversion and storage, drug delivery and so on.     

甲壳素和壳聚糖在生物矿化和模拟矿化过程中的调控作用研究进展

生物矿化材料一般由95%的无机物和5%的有机质组成,具有普通无机材料无可比拟的力学性能、光泽及特殊功能,这些特性源于细胞的调控和有生物活性的有机高分子对无机物结晶和形貌的精确控制.本文综述了甲壳素及其衍生物壳聚糖在生物矿化领域(生物体内和体外模拟)的作用研究进展.     

Biomimetic gelatin-octacalcium phosphate core-shell microspheres

Calcium phosphate/polymeric microparticles synthesized through a biomimetic approach are regarded with increasing interest for their various potential applications, including tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Herein we report the synthesis and characterization of gelatin/octacalcium phosphate core/shell microspheres. Deposition of the calcium phosphate shell on the polymeric microspheres was obtained through bio-inspired mineralization on the surface of functionalized gelatin microparticles. Gelatin microspheres stabilized by alginate dialdehyde were prepared using an inverse microemulsion. Functionalization was achieved by enriching the microspheres composition with calcium ions or, alternatively, with alendronate, a bisphosphonate widely employed for the treatment of bone diseases. Functionalization and synthesis of the inorganic phase in the microemulsion environment were key factors for the achievement of a complete coating of the microspheres with calcium phosphate. The inorganic shell is constituted of small crystals of octacalcium phosphate, which control gelatin and alendronate release.     

A new approach to mineralization of biocompatible hydrogel scaffolds: an efficient process toward 3-dimensional bonelike composites

As a first step toward the design and fabrication of biomimetic bonelike composite materials, we have developed a template-driven nucleation and mineral growth process for the high-affinity integration of hydroxyapatite with a poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) (pHEMA) hydrogel scaffold. A mineralization technique was developed that exposes carboxylate groups on the surface of cross-linked pHEMA, promoting high-affinity nucleation and growth of calcium phosphate on the surface, along with extensive calcification of the hydrogel interior. Robust surface mineral layers a few microns thick were obtained. The same mineralization technique, when applied to a hydrogel that is less prone to surface hydrolysis, led to distinctly different mineralization patterns, in terms of both the extent of mineralization and the crystallinity of the apatite grown on the hydrogel surface. This template-driven mineralization technique provides an efficient approach toward bonelike composites with high mineral-hydrogel interfacial adhesion strength.     

聚合物在仿生合成中的应用研究进展

仿生合成技术通过模拟生物矿化机理,以有机物为模板控制无机物的生成,制备具有特殊结构及性能的无机材料.聚合物是仿生合成中较多采用的有机模板之一,用来控制无机粒子的成核、生长及排列,能够在温和条件下合成具有多级结构、特殊形貌和优异性能的有机,无机复合材料.本文综述了聚合物在仿生合成中的应用研究进展,并指出了存在的问题及发展方向.