DC and AC Conductivity, Biosolubility and Thermal Properties of Mg-Doped Na2O-CaO-P2O5 Glasses.

Jakub Lech Karczewski,Michał Bartmański,Sharafat Ali,Natalia Anna Wójcik,Bo Jonson,Ryszard Jan Barczyński

doi:10.3390/ma14102626

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Bioactive glasses have recently been extensively used to replace, regenerate, and repair hard tissues in the human body because of their ability to bond with living tissue. In this work, the effects of replacing Na2O with MgO on the electrical, biosolubility, and thermal properties of the target glass 10Na2O–60P2O5–30CaO (in mol%) were investigated. The electrical properties of the glasses were studied with the impedance spectroscopy technique. At 473 K, DC conductivity values decreased from 4.21 × 10−11 to 4.21 × 10−12 S cm−1 after complete substitution of MgO for Na2O. All samples had a similar activation energy of the DC conduction process ~1.27 eV. Conduction mechanisms were found to be due to hop of ions: Na+, Mg2+, and probable H+. FTIR analysis showed that, as the Mg content increased, the Q2 unit (PO2−) shifted towards higher wavenumbers. The proportion of Q3 unit (P2O5) decreased in the glass structure. This confirmed that the replacement of Na+ by Mg2+ was accompanied by concurrent polymerization of the calcium–phosphate glass network. The biosolubility test in the phosphate-buffered saline solution showed that the magnesium addition enhanced the biosolubility properties of Na2O–CaO–P2O5 glasses by increasing their dissolution rate and supporting forming CaP-rich layers on the surface. The glass transition temperature increased, and thermal stability decreased substantially upon substitution of Na2O by MgO.

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There has been great interest from scientific and technological points of view in phosphate glasses in recent years due to their potential applications as bioactive glasses [1].Phosphate base glasses are well-known for their low melting point and relatively high electrical conductivity [2]
Mg addition increases the glass transition temperature Tg of phosphate glass caused by the high field strength of Mg2+ ions [4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11]
This work aims to present in detail the influence of substitution of MgO for Na2 O on the structure, electrical, biosolubility and thermal properties of calcium–phosphate glasses with a higher content of P2 O5 and lower content of Na2 O than the previously studied bioglasses [4]

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There has been great interest from scientific and technological points of view in phosphate glasses in recent years due to their potential applications as bioactive glasses [1]. Phosphate base glasses are well-known for their low melting point and relatively high electrical conductivity [2]. The addition of different modifiers, such as Na, Ca, and Mg, has a significant influence on the structure, biodegradability and thermal properties of these glasses [3]. Mg addition increases the glass transition temperature Tg of phosphate glass caused by the high field strength of Mg2+ ions [4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11]. Lee et al [4]

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