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Barbieri Thesis - BioMedical Materials program (BMM)

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Chapter 5 – Al lkali surface treaatment<br />

effects<br />

Figure 1. (aa)<br />

XRD and (b) CCR<br />

spectra for un nsintered apatite, polymer and com mposites. (c) TEM M picture of<br />

the unsintered<br />

apatite. (d) SSelected<br />

representative<br />

of FFT appplied<br />

to HRTEM M images to measure<br />

the d–<br />

value of apaatite<br />

structure.<br />

5.3.2.2. S<br />

Static co<br />

hydroph<br />

respective<br />

increased<br />

exposure<br />

discs (i.e<br />

nano–gro<br />

Images o<br />

treatment<br />

totally ran<br />

nano–gro<br />

that high<br />

bonds [366]<br />

Surface properrties<br />

(discs)<br />

ontact angle measurements<br />

indicatedd<br />

significant increase in surface<br />

ilicity (71.8± ±0.8, 21.0±1.6<br />

and 16.66±0.3<br />

deg fo or M0, M1 and M2<br />

ely) with the inncrease<br />

of the e alkali treatmment<br />

strength (ANOVA, ( p

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