A Review of the Application of Thermal Analysis in the Development of Bone Tissue Repair Materials.

With the increase in osteoporosis and degenerative bone and joint diseases associated with an aging population, the demand for bone tissue repair materials is rapidly increasing. Bone repair materials have evolved to composite materials with biodegradability and for emerging bone repair materials, properties such as viscoelasticity, coefficient of thermal expansion, thermal conductivity, and phase change temperature play an important role in studying the mechanical properties, thermal stability, and thus determining the application scenario of the material. Therefore, thermal analysis is necessary for bone repair. This paper reviews commonly used bone tissue repair materials and thermal analysis techniques applied to bone tissue repair studies, including thermogravimetric analysis, differential thermal analysis, differential scanning calorimetry, and dynamic mechanical analysis. The paper highlights the key role of thermal analysis in bone repair research and summarizes the application of different thermal analysis techniques in the characterization of bone repair materials. The results of this study provide a valuable reference for the thermal analysis of bone repair materials. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]