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Poster Session, Tuesday, June 15<br />

Theme A1 - B702<br />

Evaluation and characterization of nanocrystall<strong>in</strong>e hydroxyapatite powder prepared by a sol–gel<br />

method<br />

Feray Bakan 1 *, Oral Laç<strong>in</strong> 1 and Hanifi Saraç 1<br />

1 Department of Chemical Eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g, Erzurum 25240, Turkey<br />

Abstract-A novel water-based sol-gel method to synthesize nano crystall<strong>in</strong>e hydroxyapatite with calcium nitrate tetrahydrate and ammonium<br />

dihydrogenphosphate as start<strong>in</strong>g calcium and phosphorous precursors is presented. The p hase transformations, composition and microstructural<br />

features <strong>in</strong> the nano crystall<strong>in</strong>e samples were studied by thermo analytical methods (STA), <strong>in</strong>frared spectroscopy (IR), X-ray<br />

powder diffraction analysis (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). It is proposed that the nano-structure of hydroxyapatite<br />

will have the best biomedical properties <strong>in</strong> the biomaterials applications.<br />

In recent years synthetic hydroxyapatite,<br />

[Ca 10 (PO 4 ) 6 (OH) 2 ], has been recognized as one of the<br />

most important bone substitute materials <strong>in</strong> orthopedics<br />

and dentistry because of its chemical and biological<br />

similarity to the natural Ca phosphate m<strong>in</strong>eral present <strong>in</strong> a<br />

biological hard tissue Different type of cl<strong>in</strong>ical<br />

applications of hydroxyapatite <strong>in</strong>volve repair of bone<br />

defects, bone augmentation, as well as coat<strong>in</strong>g for human<br />

body metallic implants, prote<strong>in</strong>s purification, drug delivery<br />

agent for anti-tumor and antibodies <strong>in</strong> the treatment of<br />

osteomyelitis and HA has also been used as an acidic<br />

catalyst for different chemical reactions [1]. All these HA<br />

specific applications are dependent on properties such as<br />

particle size, dimensional anisotropy, morphology, real<br />

microstructure, etc. which are of critical importance for<br />

optimization and applications.<br />

Several different HA synthesis techniques have been<br />

developed due to its grow<strong>in</strong>g importance and applications<br />

[2,3]. Ma<strong>in</strong> techniques be<strong>in</strong>g used are solid-state reaction<br />

[4], co precipitation [5,6], and hydrothermal method [7]<br />

and sol–gel route [8–9]. Among these methods, an<br />

<strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>g attention has been given to the sol–gel method,<br />

due to advantages such as: the possibility of mix<strong>in</strong>g the<br />

calcium and phosphorus precursors at a molecular level<br />

and that it requires <strong>in</strong>comparably milder conditions for the<br />

synthesis process, compared with the conventional<br />

methods [10].<br />

In this study, hydoxyapatite (HA) nanoparticles with<br />

approximetaly 20 nm diameter was synthesized us<strong>in</strong>g a<br />

novel water-based sol-gel route with calcium nitrate<br />

tetrahydrate (Merck) and ammonium dihydrogenphosphate<br />

(Carlo Erba) as start<strong>in</strong>g calcium and phosphorous<br />

precursors respectively. The effects of reaction<br />

temperature, reaction time, ag<strong>in</strong>g time and s<strong>in</strong>ter<strong>in</strong>g<br />

temperature on particle size were carried out and results<br />

were compared with literature f<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>gs. The crystall<strong>in</strong>e<br />

degree and morphology of the obta<strong>in</strong>ed nanopowder are<br />

dependent on the s<strong>in</strong>ter<strong>in</strong>g temperature.<br />

Fourier transform <strong>in</strong>frared (FTIR) spectroscopy analysis<br />

was carried out to identify the functional groups. In order<br />

to <strong>in</strong>vestigate the thermal behaviour of the particles STA<br />

analysis was carried out. Transmission electron<br />

microscope (TEM) was used to observe the particle<br />

morphology and size of the powders. Phase analysis was<br />

performed by X-ray diffractro metry (XRD) and the mean<br />

crystallite size of the particles (n m), was calculated fro m<br />

the XRD l<strong>in</strong>e broaden<strong>in</strong>g measurement us<strong>in</strong>g the Scherrer<br />

equation [11].<br />

The prepared crystall<strong>in</strong>e nanopowder HA is able to<br />

improve the contact reaction and the stability at the<br />

artificial/natural bone <strong>in</strong>terface for medical applications.<br />

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S.,2002. Hydroxyapatite as a new solid support for the<br />

Knoevenagel reaction <strong>in</strong> heterogeneous media without solvent.<br />

Applied Catalysis A, 228, 155–159.<br />

[2] J.W. Evans, T.L.C. De Jonge, Production of Inorganic<br />

Materials, Macmillan, New York, 1991.<br />

[3] D.W. Hess, K.F. Jensen, T.J. Anderson, Rev. Chem. Eng.3<br />

(1985) 130.<br />

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Mater. Med. 8 (1997) 511.<br />

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Sci. Mater. Med. 8 (1997) 91.<br />

[6] S.H. Rhee, J. Tanaka, J. Am. Ceram Soc. 81 (1998) 3029.<br />

[7] H.S. Liu, T.S. Ch<strong>in</strong>, L.S. Lai, S.Y. Chiu, K.H. Chung,<br />

C.S.Chang, M.T. Lui, Ceram. Int. 23 (1997) 23.<br />

[8] P. Layrolle, A. Ito, T.S. Teteishi, J. Am. Ceram Soc. 81<br />

(1998) 1421.<br />

[9] T.K. Anee, M. Ashok, M. Palanichamy, S.N. Kalkura, Mater.<br />

Chem. Phys. 80 (2003) 725.<br />

[10] D.M. Liu, T. Troczynski, W.J. Tseng, Biomaterials 22<br />

(2001) 1721.<br />

[11]Jenk<strong>in</strong>s, R., Snyder, R.L., 1996. Introduction to X-ray<br />

Powder Diffractometry. John Wiley and Sons, New York.<br />

* Correspond<strong>in</strong>g author:0Tferaybakan@atauni.edu.tr<br />

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