Numerous studies have been performed on the nutritional properties and health benefits of rice bran. However no previous reports have investigated rice bran-derived products as a biomaterial for bone formation. Thus, the aim of this study was fabricate composite filaments by combining the agricultural by-product rice bran and polycaprolactone (PCL), which has high biodegradability. It is suggest a possibility as a high value-added biomaterial capable of utilizing 3D printing. First, In order to investigate the optimal ratio of rice bran and PCL, the mixing ratios were set to 0%, 10%, 20%, 50% respectively, and the mixed filaments were defined as r-PCL filaments. The r-PCL filament was analyzed by FE-SEM and EDX for morphological characteristics and mechanical characteristics were analyzed by stress-strain, water contact angle, cytotoxicity test. Our findings confirm the possibility of manufacture environmentally friendly composite bio-filaments for FDM (Fused Deposition Modeling) based 3D printing technology. Thus, we could establish biomimetic scaffolds based on bio-printer filaments mixed with agricultural by-product.

HA (hydroxyapatite)/β-TCP (tricalcium phosphate) biomaterial (BCP; biphasic calcium phosphate) is widely used as bone cement or scaffolds material due to its superior biocompatibility. Furthermore, NH4HCO3 as a space holder (SH) has been used to evaluate feasibility assessment of porous structured BCP as bone scaffolds. In this study, using a spark plasma sintering (SPS) process at 393K and 1373K under 20MPa load, porous HA/β-TCP biomaterials were successfully fabricated using HA/β-TCP powders with 10~30 wt% SH, TiH2 as a foaming agent, and MgO powder as a binder. The effect of SH content on the pore size and distribution of the BCP biomaterial was observed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and a microfocus X-ray computer tomography system (SMX-225CT). The microstructure observations revealed that the volume fraction of the pores increased with increasing SH content and that rough pores were successfully fabricated by adding SH. Accordingly, the cell viabilities of BCP biomaterials were improved with increasing SH content. And, good biological properties were shown after assessment using Hanks balanced salt solution (HBSS).

This study was purposed to develope a titanium alloy with low elastic modulus to be used as dental implant. The new titanium alloy was prepared as titanium alloy by adding Tantalum(Ta), Zirconium(Zr), Molybdenum(Mo) into the Ti-X-Y-Z system alloys. In designing the new titanium alloys, two physical variables bond order (Bo) and d-electron orbit energy level (Md) were varied. Mean bond order (  ) was around 2.818∼2.8784eV, and Mean d-electron orbit energy level ( ) was 2.4541~2.4747eV. In the cases of titanium alloys of T-3M and T-3Z, the XRD analysis showed β phase. On the other hand, the phase of α+ β were observed in the T-6Z and T-8Z alloys. Exhibited the highest hardness value to result in T-3Z 309.7Hv alloy Vickers hardness with respect to titanium alloy. In the resulting T-3Z alloy of measuring the elastic modulus value for a titanium alloy exhibited the smallest modulus of elasticity value to 89.81GPa. TEM analysis identified additional feature for T-3Z alloy was detected in addition to the ß-phase.

Titanium and its alloys are useful for implant materials. In this study, porous Ti-Nb-Zr biomaterials were successfully synthesized by powder metallurgy using a NH4HCO3 as space holder and TiH2 as foaming agent. Consolidation of powder was accomplished by spark plasma sintering process(SPS) at 850˚C under 30 MPa condition. The effect of high energy milling time on pore size and distribution in Ti-Nb-Zr alloys with space holder(NH4HCO3) was investigated by optical microscope(OM), scanning electron microscope(SEM) & energy dispersive spectroscopy(EDS) and X-ray diffraction(XRD). Microstructure observation revealed that, a lot of pores were uniformly distributed in the Ti-Nb-Zr alloys as size of about 30-100μm using mixed powder and milled powders. In addition, the pore ratio was found to be about 5-20% by image analysis, using an image analyzer(Image Pro Plus). Furthermore, the physical properties of specimens were improved with increasing milling time as results of hardness, relative density, compressive strength and Young's modulus. Particularly Young's modulus of the sintered alloy using 4h milled powder reached 52 GPa which is similar to bone elastic modulus.

Ti-6Al-4V ELI (Extra Low Interstitial) alloy have been widely used as alternative to bone due to its excellent biocompatibility, although it still has many problems such as high elastic modulus and toxicity. Therefore, biomaterials with low elastic modulus and non toxic characteristics have to be developed. A novel β Ti-35wt%Nb-7wt%Zr-Calcium pyrophosphate (CPP) composite that is a biocompatible alloy without elemental Al or V was fabricated by spark plasma sintering (SPS) at 1000˚C under 70 MPa using high energy mechanical milled (HEMM) powder. The microstructure and phases of the milled powders and the sintered specimens were studied using SEM, TEM, and XRD. Ti-35wt%Nb-7wt%Zr alloy was transformed from α phase to β phase in the 4h-milled powder by sintering. The sintered specimen using the 4h-milled powder showed that all the elements were distributed very homogeneously and had higher density and hardness. β Ti alloy-CPP composite, which has nanometer particles, was fabricated by SPS using HEMMed powder. During the sintering process, CaTiO3, TixOy, and CaO were formed because of the reaction between Ti and CPP. The Vickers hardness of the composites increases with the increase of the milling time and the addition of CPP. The biocompatibility of the Ti-Nb-Zr alloys was improved by addition of CPP.

Insects are the most extant organisms on the earth, because of their excellent survival ability against various environments. With development of biotechnology, insects are high potentially regarded as so useful bio-resources with other biodiversity. We overview the status of biomaterials from insects with several cases as follows; 1) Mass production of industrial insects … silkworm, honeybee, and some insects as pollinator and natural enemy etc. These insects have been used for mainly agricultural industry. 2) Ornamental insects … butterfly park, insectariums, education, life-cares, eco-tour and for festival etc. 3) Bioactive substances from insects …potential sources of novel pharmaceuticals and functional foods. Many kinds of insects are screening including traditional medicinal insects by pharmaceutical companies. Some antimicrobial peptides are also developing by self defense mechanism of insects. 4) Highly active enzymes from insect microbes …based on the behavior and habitat of insect diversity. Several industrial enzymes were developed by the microbes isolated from insects, such as the protease ‘Arazyme’, xylanase etc. This is one of the hottest emerging fields in bio-industry including food, animal feed, cosmetics, bio-fuel etc. 5) Biomimetics … structure of housing, biosensor for drug and explosive, flying mechanism, spinning of super fiber, bio-adhesives, holography, lac and wax from insects etc. Recently, insect will be utilized for more wide and regardful fields with Convention of Biodiversity(CBD) and Access and Benefit Sharing(ABS) of Genetic Resources(Nagoya Protocol). The promotion law and institution are also activating for insect industry in Korea.

바이오필름은 부유 미생물이 피부 표면에 부착되어 형성된 미생물 집락이며 형질적ㆍ생화학적 특성에서 부유 상태와는 차이가 있다. 바이오필름으로 증식하는 미생물은 부유 상태의 미생물 보다 숙주의 방어나 항생제에 대한 저항성이 훨씬 높기 때문에 바이오필름이 형성되면 감염 상태를 치료하기 위해 더욱 많은 항생제를 사용해야 한다. 따라서 감염된 세균의 내성을 피하면서 치료를 하기 위해서는 단순히 세균을 사멸하는 것이 아니라 표적을 달리하는 새로운 전략이 필요하다. 이번 연구에서는 아토피 등 염증성 피부 질환의 원인균의 S. aureus의 바이오필름을 억제하는 기작에 초점을 맞추어 연구를 진행하였다. 이 연구의 목적은 S. aureus의 바이오필름의 형성을 억제하여 피부질환을 조절할 수 있는 후보 물질을 찾는 데에 있다. 슬라이드글라스를 human placental 콜라겐으로 코팅하고 시험 물질과 함께 배양하여 억제된 바이오필름의 양을 crystal violet 염색법으로 측정하여 정량적으로 측정하였다. 이 실험에서는 표준균인 S. aureus ATCC 6538 strain이 사용되었다. 실험 결과 편백다당체가 바이오필름의 형성을 강하게 억제하였으며 녹차다당체와 황촉규근은 오히려 바이오필름의 형성을 촉진하였다. 자일리톨은 1 %의 낮은 농도에서는 바이오필름을 촉진하나 그 이상의 높은 농도인 3 %와 5 %에서는 억제하여 농도 의존적인 결과를 보였다.

This study was conducted for the efficient utilization of biomaterials such as starch residue, tangerine skin, and green tea residue, which are agricultral by-products discarded in Cheju Province annually, as adsorbents and biomaterials were examined for their removal ability of heavy metal ions in waste water by batch adsorption experiments. The removal efficiency of biomaterials for heavy metal ions was above 80-90% and almost similar to activated carbon and the adsorption ability of those treated with 포르말린 was improved in the green tea residue only for Pb^2+, Cu^2+, and Zn^2+. In the conditions of pH, the removal efficiency of heavy metal ions was high in the range of 5-7. In the solutions which heavy metal ions were mixed, the removal efficiency was similar at Ag^+, Pb^2+ and reduced to about 10% at the other ions, as compared with the solutions they were not mixed. Adsorption isotherms of biomaterials was generally obeyed to Freundlich formular than Langmuir formular and Freundlich constant, 1/n were obtained in the range of 0.1-0.5.