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G Suresh Kumar1, E K Girija, A Thamizhavel, Y Yokogawa, S Narayana Kalkura.
Abstract
In a number of recent reports on the synthesis of hydroxyapatite (HA) by sol-gel method using citric acid as an organic modifier, washing was an essential step to remove the byproducts and citric acid. In the present study we made an attempt to synthesize HA by sol-gel method in the presence of citric acid, wherein we have employed calcination technique instead of the conventional washing process. The products thus obtained were analyzed by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier Transform-Infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, thermogravimetry and scanning electron microscopy which confirmed the formation of a nanocomposite of HA and CaCO(3) (calcite) when citric acid was added during synthesis. HA is known to be bioactive and bioresorbable but the rates are too low. On the other hand, CaCO(3) is highly biodegradable. The combination of HA and CaCO(3) compromised the demerits of each others. The dissolved Ca ions from CaCO(3) enhanced the supersaturation of the surrounding fluid which resulted in higher bioactivity of HA. Copyright 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID： 20541216 DOI： 10.1016/j.jcis.2010.05.038
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Colloid Interface Sci ISSN： 0021-9797 Impact factor: 8.128