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JOURNAL OF RESEARCH OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY
Volume 116, Issue 5, Pages 785-796Publisher
US GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
DOI: 10.6028/jres.116.021
Keywords
bioresorbable; composite; hydroxyapatite; interface; mechanical; PLA; polymerization
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- Howard University (HUPRN)
- National Institutes of Health-National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIH/NIDCR) [DE20824]
- Paffenbarger Research Center at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIH/NIDCR) [DE21148]
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Bioresorbable composite made from degradable polymers, e. g., polylactide (PLA), and bioactive calcium phosphates, e. g., hydroxyapatite (HA), are clinically desirable for bone fixation, repair and tissue engineering because they do not need to be removed by surgery after the bone heals. However, preparation of PLA/HA composite from non-modified HA usually results in mechanical strength reductions due to a weak interface between PLA and HA. In this study, a calcium-phosphate/phosphonate hybrid shell was developed to introduce a greater amount of reactive hydroxyl groups onto the HA particles. Then, PLA was successfully grafted on HA by surface-initiated polymerization through the non-ionic surface hydroxyl groups. Thermogravimetric analysis indiated that the amount of grafted PLA on HA can be up to 7 %, which is about 50 % greater than that from the literature. PLA grafted HA shows significantly different pH dependent zeta-potential and particle size profiles from those of uncoated HA. By combining the phosphonic acid coupling agent and surface initiated polymerization, PLA could directly link to HA through covalent bond so that the interfacial interaction in the PLA/HA composite can be significantly improved. The diametral tensile strength of PLA/HA composite prepared from PLA-grafted HA was found to be over twice that of the composite prepared from the non-modified HA. Moreover, the tensile strength of the improved composite was 23 % higher than that of PLA alone. By varying additional variables, this approach has the potential to produce bioresorbable composites with improved mechanical properties that are in the range of natural bones, and can have wide applications for bone fixation and repair in load-bearing areas.
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