Sodium Silicate Bonded Borate Glass Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering
Abstract
Borate and silicate glass particles and microspheres with size distributions in the range of approximately 100-400 micron were loosely compacted and bonded by sodium silicate solution to prepare resorbable, porous glass constructs with porosity 30-50%. Conversion of the binding borate glass to hydroxyapatite was investigated by measuring the weight loss of the constructs in a solution of 0.25 M K2HPO4 with a pH value of 9.0 at 37 °C, as a function of time. Almost full conversion of the borate glass to hydroxyapatite was achieved in less than 6 days. X-ray diffraction revealed an initially amorphous product that subsequently crystallized to hydroxyapatite.
Recommended Citation
W. Liang et al., "Sodium Silicate Bonded Borate Glass Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering," Journal of Materials Science, Springer Verlag, Sep 2007.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-007-2101-0
Department(s)
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords and Phrases
Mechanics; Crystallography; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials; Polymer Sciences; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials; Materials Science
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
0022-2461
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2007 Springer Verlag, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
01 Sep 2007
