Synthesis and properties of calcium hydroxyapatite/carbon fiber composites
Abstract
Composites comprising micrometer-sized carbon fibers (CFs) and biocompatible nanocrystalline calcium hydroxyapatite Ca10(PO4)6(OH)2 (HA, NCHA), containing 1.0, 2.0, and 5.0 wt % CFs, have been synthesized in the course of precipitation from aqueous solutions in the Ca(OH)2–H3PO4–CF–H2O system. Some physicochemical characteristics of the precursor CFs and synthesis products have been determined using chemical, X-ray diffraction, and thermal analyses, IR spectroscopy, and scanning and transmission electron microscopy. An analysis of composition–synthesis conditions–structure–particle size–property correlations indicates that the presence of CFs in HA/CF composites strongly decreases the sizes and modifies the habit of NCHA. A rise of CF content in the HA/CF composite is accompanied by a decrease in particle size and a rise in solubility of NCHA.
Publisher URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S0036023617090200
DOI: 10.1134/S0036023617090200
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