β-Tricalcium Phosphate Coating on Alumina Ceramic

Elaboration and Characterization of Alumina-Tricalcium Phosphate Composites

The effect of -tricalcium phosphate additive on the alumina matrix was investigated. The sintering behaviour of the alumina tricalcium phosphate composites was characterized by using magic angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance, X-ray diffraction, dilatometry, differential thermal analysis and scanning electron microscopy analysis. The mechanical properties of composites have been investiga...

Control of -Tricalcium Phosphate Formation in Macroporous Phosphate Glass-Ceramic Composites

A macroporous phosphate invert glass-ceramic (PIGC) was derived from the mother glass with a composition of 60CaO-30P2O5-3TiO27Na2O in mol%. The mother glass powders were coated on a polymer sponge skeleton and subsequently sintered at 850 C for 1 h through burning off the sponge, resulting in the preparation of macroporous PIGC. The resulting macroporous PIGC consists predominantly of tricalci...

Hydrogen-substituted β-tricalcium phosphate synthesized in organic media

β-Tricalcium phosphate (β-TCP) platelets synthesized in ethylene glycol offer interesting geometries for nano-structured composite bone substitutes but were never crystallographically analyzed. In this study, powder X-ray diffraction and Rietveld refinement revealed a discrepancy between the platelet structure and the known β-TCP crystal model. In contrast, a model featuring partial H for Ca su...

Chemical stability of grain boundaries in β-tricalcium phosphate ceramics

3D Powder Printed Bioglass and β-Tricalcium Phosphate Bone Scaffolds

The use of both bioglass (BG) and β tricalcium phosphate (β-TCP) for bone replacement applications has been studied extensively due to the materials' high biocompatibility and ability to resorb when implanted in the body. 3D printing has been explored as a fast and versatile technique for the fabrication of porous bone scaffolds. This project investigates the effects of using different combinat...