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Rapid Mix Preparation of Bioinspired Nanoscale Hydroxyapatite for Biomedical Applications
Published on: February 23, 2017
OTS-modified HA and its toughening effect on PLLA/HA porous composite
Chunli Yang1, Kui Cheng, Wenjian Weng
1Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310027, People's Republic of China. yangcl@zju.edu.cn
Abstract:
In this paper, hydroxyapatite (HA) particles was modified with long-chain organic silane-Octadecyltrichlorosilane (OTS), and the modified particles were further used for preparing Poly(L-lactic acid) PLLA/HA porous composite. The modified particles were characterized by means of XRD, FTIR, and XPS techniques. Both XPS and FTIR results showed that OTS had been combined with HA, and the formation of P-O-Si bond, a covalent bond, on the HA particle surface was confirmed by XPS. OTS-modified HA particles were used to prepare porous composites by thermally induced phase separation method. The results showed that the composite had an interconnected pore structure with 100-300 mum macropores. With OTS dosage increasing during modification, the mechanical properties of PLLA/OTS-modified HA porous composites increased obviously. These results showed that OTS modification can effectively improve the interface compatibility between HA surface and PLLA.
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