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CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
Volume 43, Issue 17, Pages 15719-15728Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2017.08.133
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Biphasic calcium phosphates; Ionic substitution; Antimicrobial; Biocompatibility
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- CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials (FCT) [POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007679, UID /CTM /50011/2013]
- Institute for Biomedicine, University of Aveiro [UID/BIM/04501/2013]
- Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) [SFRH/BD/78355/2011]
- FCT/MEC, Portugal
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [SFRH/BD/78355/2011] Funding Source: FCT
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Biphasic [hydroxyapatite (HA) + beta-tricalcium phosphate (beta-TCP)] calcium phosphate powders with partial substitutions of Ca2+ by silver, copper, zinc and strontium ions were synthesized by precipitation. The aim was to improve the overall biological performance (antimicrobial effect and stimulated osteoblasts proliferation) of the bone graft materials made thereof. The prepared powders were calcined and characterized by different techniques including X-ray diffraction (XRD), elemental analysis, thermo gravimetric and differential thermal analysis (TG-DTA), Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR) and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). Rietveld refinement was used for quantitative phase analysis. The in vitro biocompatibility and the antibacterial activity of the powders were evaluated through the resazurin viability test with MG63 cells, and against Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus, respectively. The quantitative elemental analysis revealed that only strontium ions have been fully incorporated into both HA and beta-TCP phases. The in vitro biocompatibility with pre-osteoblastic cells was proved for all synthesized powders, while only the silver-doped powders exhibited antimicrobial activity against S. Aureus. The information gathered is of high relevance for designing improved calcium phosphate bioceramics.
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