Titanium Phosphate Glass Microspheres as Microcarriers for In Vitro Bone Cell Tissue Engineering - Biointerfaces: Where Material Meets Biology - page 105

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CHAPTER 5
Titanium Phosphate Glass
Microspheres as Microcarriers
for In Vitro Bone Cell Tissue
Engineering

NILAY J. LAKHKAR, a,b CARLOTTA PETICONE, c
DAVID DE SILVA-THOMPSON, c IVAN B. WALL, c,d
VEHID SALIH a,e AND JONATHAN C. KNOWLES* a,d

a Division of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering, UCL Eastman Dental
Institute, University College London, 256 Gray's Inn Road, London
WC1X 8LD, UK; b Institute of Biomaterial Science and Berlin-Brandenburg
Center for Regenerative Therapies, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht,
Kantstrasse 55, 14513 Teltow, Germany; c Department of Biochemical
Engineering, University College London, Torrington Place, London
WC1E 7JE, UK; d Department of Nanobiomedical Science & BK21 Plus
NBM Global Research Center for Regenerative Medicine, Dankook
University, Cheonan 330-714, Republic of Korea; e Plymouth University
Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, C402, Portland Square,
Drake Circus, Plymouth, Devon PL4 8AA, UK
*Email: [e-mail]

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5.1 Introduction
In the last decade, phosphate glasses, in general, and titanium phosphate
glasses, in particular, have garnered increasing attention from researchers