TY - JOUR
T1 - Deposition of hydroxyapatite on SiC nanotubes in simulated body fluid
AU - Taguchi, Tomitsugu
AU - Miyazaki, Toshiki
AU - Iikubo, Satoshi
AU - Yamaguchi, Kenji
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was partly supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) from the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture of Japan (No. 23760646 ).
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - SiC nanotubes can become candidate reinforcement materials for dental and orthopedic implants due to their light weight and excellent mechanical properties. However, the development of bioactive SiC materials has not been reported. In this study, hydroxyapatites were found on SiC nanotubes treated with NaOH and subsequently HCl solution after soaking in simulated body fluid. On the other hand, hydroxyapatites did not deposit on as-received SiC nanotubes, the SiC nanotubes with NH4OH solution treatment and SiC bulk materials with NaOH and subsequently HCl solution treatment. Therefore, we succeeded in the development of bioactive SiC nanotubes by downsizing SiC materials to nanometer size and treating with NaOH and subsequently HCl solutions for the first time.
AB - SiC nanotubes can become candidate reinforcement materials for dental and orthopedic implants due to their light weight and excellent mechanical properties. However, the development of bioactive SiC materials has not been reported. In this study, hydroxyapatites were found on SiC nanotubes treated with NaOH and subsequently HCl solution after soaking in simulated body fluid. On the other hand, hydroxyapatites did not deposit on as-received SiC nanotubes, the SiC nanotubes with NH4OH solution treatment and SiC bulk materials with NaOH and subsequently HCl solution treatment. Therefore, we succeeded in the development of bioactive SiC nanotubes by downsizing SiC materials to nanometer size and treating with NaOH and subsequently HCl solutions for the first time.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.msec.2013.10.007
DO - 10.1016/j.msec.2013.10.007
M3 - Article
C2 - 24268230
AN - SCOPUS:84887471634
SN - 0928-4931
VL - 34
SP - 29
EP - 34
JO - Materials Science and Engineering C
JF - Materials Science and Engineering C
IS - 1
ER -