Abstract
Plasma-sprayed hydroxyapatite (HA) coatings have been widely utilized in load-bearing titanium alloy implants. In this study, Mg, Sr co-substituted HA ((Mg, Sr)-HA) nano-scale powders have been synthesized, which are further used to prepare (Mg, Sr)-HA coatings on Ti-6Al-4V alloys in order to improve the biological functions. The average size of (Mg, Sr)-HA nano particles is ∼75 nm. The average bonding strength for (Mg, Sr)-HA coating and samples after heat treatment at 500 °C or 600 °C for 3 h are 26.17 ± 2.11 MPa, 36.07 ± 4.48 MPa and 37.07 ± 2.95 MPa, respectively. There is a significantly increase of bonding strength likely due to low residual stress after heated treatment. MC3T3-E1 cells show a high proliferation rate when cultured with (Mg, Sr)-HA coating extract compared to the normal culture medium, which also exhibit large extension and deposition of extracellular matrices when adhered on the coating surfaces. Thus, these (Mg, Sr)-HA coatings show high bonding strength and improved biological functions, which offer promising future applications in the fields of orthopedics and dentistry.
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