Publication detail
Porous HA/alumina composites intended for bone-tissue engineering
BARTONÍČKOVÁ, E. VOJTÍŠEK, J. TKACZ, J. POŘÍZKA, J. MÁSILKO, J. MONČEKOVÁ, M. PAŘÍZEK, L.
Original Title
Porous HA/alumina composites intended for bone-tissue engineering
Type
journal article in Web of Science
Language
English
Original Abstract
Ceramic biomaterials based on hydroxyapatite (HA) or alumina have been intensively studied due to their load-bearing applications in the bone-tissue replacement/reconstruction and dental applications. Here we present a study of the preparation and properties of HA/alumina (HA/Al) composites with a targeted porosity. The HA powder used for the composite's preparation was synthetized via a precipitation method under a variety of pH values. The resulting powders were verified with XRD, Raman and FTIR analyses. The particle size was assessed via SEM and laser diffraction. The as-prepared HA nanopowder and alumina powder (median 3 μm) were homogenously mixed having a composition of HA/Alumina = 90/10 (w/w). A suspension with 65 % mass fraction of the powders was properly mixed and, with the help of foaming agents, it was foamed in situ. The behavior under an increasing temperature was studied, using a heating microscope and dried foams were sintered under determined temperatures. The final sintered foams were examined in vitro in a synthetic body fluid, which predicted the behavior of bone implants in vivo. The behavior of the treated samples was studied with SEM. The newly formed HA composites were confronted with Ca2+ and PO4 3- contents in the applied body-fluid solution.
Keywords
Ceramic scaffolds; hydroxyapatite/Al2O3 composite; in vitro bioactivity; SEM
Authors
BARTONÍČKOVÁ, E.; VOJTÍŠEK, J.; TKACZ, J.; POŘÍZKA, J.; MÁSILKO, J.; MONČEKOVÁ, M.; PAŘÍZEK, L.
Released
1. 7. 2017
Publisher
IMT Ljublana, Materiali in technologie
Location
Ljublana, Slovinsko
ISBN
1580-2949
Periodical
Materiali in tehnologije
Year of study
51
Number
4
State
Republic of Slovenia
Pages from
631
Pages to
636
Pages count
6
URL
BibTex
@article{BUT138751,
author="Eva {Bartoníčková} and Jan {Vojtíšek} and Jakub {Tkacz} and Jaromír {Pořízka} and Jiří {Másilko} and Miroslava {Mončeková} and Ladislav {Pařízek}",
title="Porous HA/alumina composites intended for bone-tissue engineering",
journal="Materiali in tehnologije",
year="2017",
volume="51",
number="4",
pages="631--636",
doi="10.17222/mit.2016.191",
issn="1580-2949",
url="http://mit.imt.si/Revija/izvodi/mit174/bartonickova.pdf"
}