The bioactivity of hydroxyapatite (HA) coatings can be modified by the addition of different ions, such as silicon (Si), lithium (Li), magnesium (Mg), zinc (Zn) or strontium (Sr) into the HA lattice. Of the ions listed here, strontium substituted hydroxyapatite (SrHA) coatings have received a lot of interest recently as Sr has been shown to promote osteoblast proliferation and differentiation, ...

Hydroxyapatite (HA) is a widely studied biomaterial for its similar chemical composition to bone and its osteoconductive properties. The crystal structure of HA is flexible, allowing for a wide range of substitutions which can alter bioactivity, biodegradation, and mechanical properties of the substituted apatite. The thermal stability of a substituted apatite is an indication of its biodegrada...

In the title compound, C(31)H(24)F(4)N(2)O, the bicyclo-[3.3.1]nonane ring exists in a chair-boat conformation. Two of the four fluorine-substituted rings adopt equatorial dispositions with the piperidin-4-one rings. Mol-ecules are linked into a two-dimensional network parallel to (01) by N-H⋯O, C-H⋯F and C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds. Inter-molecular N-H⋯π and C-H⋯π inter-actions are also observed.

We designed heteroleptic ruthenium complexes (RD12-RD15) containing fluoro-substituted benzimidazole ligands for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). These dyes were synthesized according to a typical one-pot procedure with the corresponding ancillary ligands produced in two simple steps; they were prepared into DSSC devices according to the same conditions of fabrication. The eventual devices s...

A procedure for the preparation of Strontium Hydroxyapatite is adapted to produce high purity and better homogeneity ceramic with good Crystallinity. The strontium substituted bone cement has potential for use in orthopedic surgeries. Ionic Strontium (Sr) in humans shares the same physiological pathway as calcium and can be deposited in the mineral structure of the bone. In the present study, a...

We report singlet and triplet state splittings (I:J.EsT) for fluorine-substituted methylenes and silylenes using dissociation-consistent configuration interaction (CI) (based on generalized valence bond wave functions). These relatively simple CI calculations emphasize correlation consistency between the singlet and triplet states. Values of I:J.Esr for CH2, CF2, SiH2, and SiF2 are in excellent...