Influence of Precursor Characteristics on Properties of Porous Calcium Phosphate-Titanium Dioxide Composite Bioceramics
Ceramics International 2020
Līga Stīpniece, Adelīna Kondratjeva, Kristīne Šalma-Ancāne

Highly porous (macroporosity 76–90%) bioceramics containing interconnected pores (> 100 μm) with compressive strength between 0.54 and 0.32 MPa were prepared by polyurethane foam replica method. Effect of following variables, i.e., calcium phosphate/anatase ratio (30/70, 50/50, 70/30 wt%) in the ceramic slurry, anatase particle size (15 nm, 180 nm), Ca/P molar ratio of calcium phosphate (1.67 and 1.50 for hydroxyapatite and apatitic-tricalcium phosphate (ap-TCP), respectively), on the bioceramics properties was investigated. Bioceramics prepared using anatase and hydroxyapatite consisted of three high-temperature crystalline phases - β-tricalcium phosphate (β-TCP), rutile and CaTiO3. In case of anatase and ap-TCP, two phases (β-TCP and rutile) were obtained. Interaction of anatase and hydroxyapatite during sintering caused formation of CaTiO3 at β-TCP and rutile grain boundaries thus contributing to a denser grain packing. Combination of ap-TCP and nanosized anatase facilitated decrease of grain sizes. Correlation was found between compressive strength and calcium phosphate precursor in the ceramic slurry.


Keywords
Microstructure-final; Composites; Mechanical properties; Biomedical application
DOI
10.1016/j.ceramint.2019.08.257
Hyperlink
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S027288421932454X?via%3Dihub

Stīpniece, L., Kondratjeva, A., Šalma-Ancāne, K. Influence of Precursor Characteristics on Properties of Porous Calcium Phosphate-Titanium Dioxide Composite Bioceramics. Ceramics International, 2020, Vol. 46, No. 1, pp.243-250. ISSN 0272-8842. Available from: doi:10.1016/j.ceramint.2019.08.257

Publication language
English (en)
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