Preparation of Bacterial Nanocellulose-Hydroxyapatite Composite

In this work, we prepared BNC-HAp composite material via in-situ bacterial cultivation. Air-drying and lyophilization was used to solidify the prepared composite hydrogels. The formation of the composite was confirmed by infrared spectroscopy as well as energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction. We studied the surface morphology, mechanical and swelling properties together with the water contact angle that represents the surface hydrophilicity/hydrophobicity of the prepared composite. These results suggest the prepared material is promising for construction of synthetic bone grafts.