Bone Prosthetics Utilizing Nanospring-based Interface
Dr. Jamie Hass, DVM, PhD, was a graduate student in the group and soon to finish her PhD in Physics. Her research project was to develop an interface between bone and prosthetics utilizing nanosprings coated with metal and metal oxides that promote cell proliferation and calcination of bone. She determined that the idea nanospring coating combination is TiO2 followed by a coating of Au nanoparticles. However, ZnO also has some benefits.
Top Row: Left, coating with no cells or NS, Right, Coating with Cells but no NS
Middle Row: Left and Right, NS with coating but not cells
Bottom Row: Left and Right, NS with coating and cells
Coating used here is TiO2, znO and AuNP