Abstract

Nanopowders of hydroxyapatite (HA), modified by magnesium (MgHA) and by silicon (SiHA) were obtained by liquid-phase microwave synthesis method. X-ray diffraction and IR spectroscopy results showed that Mg2+ and SiO44− ions were present in the synthesized products both as secondary phases and as part of the HA phase. Whitlockite was found in the magnesium-modified HA (MgHA) and larnite was found in the silicon-modified HA (SiHA); ion substitution for both materials resulted in solid solutions. In the synthesized samples of modified HA, the increase of particle size of powders was in the order HA < SiHA < MgHA, which was calculated through data specific surface area and measured pycnometric density of the powders. The Lewis acid sites (Ca2+, Mg2+, Si4+) were present using spectral probes on the surface of the samples of HA, MgHA, and SiHA, and the acidity of these sites decreased in the order SiHA > MgHA > HA. The rates of calcium phosphate layer deposition on the surface of these materials at 37 °C in the model simulated body fluid solution showed similar dependence.

Highlights

  • The problem of finding material for implantation has existed since ancient times

  • This study investigated the crystalline phase, elemental composition, microstructure, and physicochemical and biomimetic properties of magnesium and silicon-modified hydroxyapatites that were prepared by liquid-phase microwave synthesis

  • Whitlockite was found to be present in the magnesium-modified HA (MgHA) and larnite was found to be present in the silicon-modified HA (SiHA); ion substitution for both materials resulted in solid solutions

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Results and Discussion

Isomorphous substitutions in the phosphate-silicate system occurred with the formation of solid solutions of the substitution type, because in the crystallochemical aspect a tetrahedral oxygen environment is typical both for phosphorus (V) (rP5+ = 0,35 Å; rSi4+ = 0,39 Å) and silicon (IV). As it follows from the well-known ideas of interactions in isomorphous pairs of Са2+/Mg2+ and P5+/Si4, one can assume that the solid solutions formed in the MgHA and SiHA samples belonged to the substitution type. Phase Ca5(PO4)3OH Ca10(PO4)6(OH)[2] whitlockite Ca2,71Mg0,29(PO4)[2] larnite Са2SiO4

Sample HA MgHA SiHA
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