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JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN CERAMIC SOCIETY
Volume 37, Issue 4, Pages 1757-1767Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2016.12.002
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Hardystonite bioceramics; Polymer-derived silicates; Scaffolds; Direct ink writing
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- University of Padova, Italy
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Highly porous hardystonite-based bioceramics, in the form of foams and 3D scaffolds, were obtained by the thermal treatment, in air, of silicone resins and engineered micro-sized oxide fillers. Besides Cao and ZnO precursors (CaCO3 and ZnO powders), calcium borate, in both hydrated and anhydrous form (Ca(2)B(6)o(11)center dot 5H(2)O and Ca2B6O11, respectively), was added to commercial silicone resins, with a significant impact on the microstructural evolution. In hydrated form, calcium borate led to a substantial foaming of silicone-based mixtures, at low temperature (420 degrees C); after dehydration, upon firing, the salt provided a liquid phase, favouring ionic interdiffusion, with the development of novel B-contaning hardystonite-based solid solutions (Ca(2)Zn(1-x)B(2x)Si(2-x)O7). Although fired at lower temperature than previously developed silicone-derived hardystonite cellular ceramics (950 degrees C, instead of 1200 degrees C), the newly obtained foams and scaffold exhibit substantial improvements in the mechanical properties. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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