Influence of Bicationic and Catanionic Surfactants Over the Morphology of Mesoporous Nanohydroxyapatite

In the co-precipitation method, the morphology of nano Hydroxyapatite (HAp) is usually being controlled by parameters like pH, temperature, concentration, and the ratio of the mixed surfactants. In the present work, effective tailoring of morphology has been done by exploiting the electrostatic interaction between surfactants by grouping them as catanionic (Cetrimide and SDS) and bicationic (Cetrimide and CTAB), with weight ratio of 1:1 and total concentration of 0.28 g/100 ml. The prepared samples were subjected to various characterizations like FTIR, XRD, FESEM, HRTEM, TGA/DTA, and BET analysis. The results show that the samples are in HAp phase, nano size and mesoporous in nature. The FESEM images reveal the fact that the catanionic surfactant enhances the growth of particle from sphere to hexagonal rod whereas bicationic mixture suppresses the growth and results in a disk-like HAp. The samples were subjected to AAS test for finding the Ca2+ ion release rate in SBF and were compared with a commercial nanocrystalline HAp sample. The Ca2+ ion release test of the samples shows signs of better bioactivity of disk-like HAp than that of commercial one.