Biomimetic Porous Inorganic Materials for Bone Engineering Using a Natural Yam Stalk Template.

ABSTRACT: This study explores biomimicry as a widely recognized and promising approach for developing sustainable structural materials that embody the principles of the circular economy. In this context, the study explores using yam stalks (Dioscorea) as a biotemplate. This natural material, composed of biopolymers such as cellulose and lignin and typically discarded as tuber waste, is characterized by a highly porous morphology with a large volume of interconnected pores. Such a structure can be used as a template to create a bone-mimicking scaffold with potential applications in tissue engineering. Through the sol-gel process and the combination of the Dioscorea biotemplate with tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS) or titanium bis-(ammonium lactate) dihydroxide (TiBALDH) precursors, silic

SUBMITTER: Rossi BB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12268726 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature