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ABSTRACT: The translational potential of this article
Surface treatments of orthopaedic implants, which are normally inert materials, are essential for their performance in vivo. This review summarizes recent advances in the surface modification of orthopaedic implants using facile and highly versatile techniques based on the use of polydopamine (PDA) and its derivatives.
SUBMITTER: Jia L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6551362 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of orthopaedic translation 20190428
Along with the massive use of implants in orthopaedic surgeries in recent few decades, there has been a tremendous demand for the surface modification of the implants to avoid surgery failure and improve their function. Polydopamine (PDA), being able to adhere to almost all kinds of substrates and possessing copious functional groups for covalently immobilizing biomolecules and anchoring metal ions, has been widely used for surface modification of materials since its discovery in the last decade ...[more]