Surface modification of calcium hydroxyapatite with pyrophosphoric acid
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Rapid Mix Preparation of Bioinspired Nanoscale Hydroxyapatite for Biomedical Applications
Published on: February 23, 2017
Hidekazu Tanaka1, Masakazu Futaoka, Ryozi Hino
1Department of Material Science, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Shimane University, 1060 Nishikawatsu, Matsue, 690-8504, Shimane, Japan. hidekazu@riko.shimane-u.ac.jp
Abstract:
The surface of synthetic colloidal calcium hydroxyapatite (Ca(10)(PO(4))(6)(OH)(2); CaHap) was treated with pyrophosphoric acid (H(4)P(2)O(7); PP) in acetone and the materials were characterized by XRD, thermal analysis, N(2) adsorption, TEM, and FTIR. No remarkable change in XRD patterns or in particle morphology by the modification was observed. The additional amount of PO(4) of CaHap was increased with an increase in PP concentration. The Ca/P molar ratio of CaHap was decreased from 1.62 to 1.35 by the modification. IR results indicated that the PP reacts with surface P-OH groups of CaHap to form additional surface P-OH groups as follows: surface P-OH+H(4)P(2)O(7)--> surface P-O-PO(OH)(2) + H(3)PO(4). When the modified CaHap with Ca/P molar ratio less than 1.50 was treated at 850 degrees C in air, the materials transformed into beta-Ca(3)(PO(4))(2).
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