TY - JOUR
T1 - Facile synthesis and characterization of hydroxyapatite particles for high value nanocomposites and biomaterials
AU - Miculescu, Florin
AU - Mocanu, Aura Cătălina
AU - Dascălu, Cătălina Andreea
AU - Maidaniuc, Andreea
AU - Batalu, Dan
AU - Berbecaru, Andrei
AU - Voicu, Stefan Ioan
AU - Miculescu, Marian
AU - Thakur, Vijay Kumar
AU - Ciocan, Lucian Toma
PY - 2017/12
Y1 - 2017/12
N2 - Lately Hydroxyapatite has gained a lot of research interest and intense focus due to its structural as well as compositional similarity to the components of human bone mineral. The conversion of calcium-rich precursors to hydroxyapatite could lead to the development of a new sustainable alternative with a valuable environmental and socio-economically impact. Still, current approaches faces lots of challenges in terms of synthesis parameters compatible to a reproducible route for calcium phosphates (hydroxyapatite included) synthesis. The optimization of Rathje synthesis route and characterization of biogenic derived calcium phosphates from dolomitic marble and Mytilus galloprovincialis seashells, constitutes the main goals of this study. The synthesized materials were characterized using FTIR, SEM coupled with EDS, and X-ray diffraction at all synthesis stages. Precursors were also subjected to thermal analysis and differential scanning calorimetry for thermal transformations investigations and dissociation temperature setting. This study suggests that acid quantity and magnetic stirring are the key-factors for Ca/P molar ratio adjustment, hence for the amount of naturally-derived hydroxyapatite. This research also contributes to the development of new strategies for further optimization of the conversion procedure and removal of residual components.
AB - Lately Hydroxyapatite has gained a lot of research interest and intense focus due to its structural as well as compositional similarity to the components of human bone mineral. The conversion of calcium-rich precursors to hydroxyapatite could lead to the development of a new sustainable alternative with a valuable environmental and socio-economically impact. Still, current approaches faces lots of challenges in terms of synthesis parameters compatible to a reproducible route for calcium phosphates (hydroxyapatite included) synthesis. The optimization of Rathje synthesis route and characterization of biogenic derived calcium phosphates from dolomitic marble and Mytilus galloprovincialis seashells, constitutes the main goals of this study. The synthesized materials were characterized using FTIR, SEM coupled with EDS, and X-ray diffraction at all synthesis stages. Precursors were also subjected to thermal analysis and differential scanning calorimetry for thermal transformations investigations and dissociation temperature setting. This study suggests that acid quantity and magnetic stirring are the key-factors for Ca/P molar ratio adjustment, hence for the amount of naturally-derived hydroxyapatite. This research also contributes to the development of new strategies for further optimization of the conversion procedure and removal of residual components.
KW - Bi-phasic calcium phosphate
KW - Ca/P molar ratio
KW - Dolomitic marble and Mytilus galloprovincialis seashell
KW - Hydroxyapatite chemical precipitation
KW - Hydroxyapatite phase-proportion
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85020256473&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.vacuum.2017.06.008
DO - 10.1016/j.vacuum.2017.06.008
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85020256473
SN - 0042-207X
VL - 146
SP - 614
EP - 622
JO - Vacuum
JF - Vacuum
ER -