Phase development and structural characterization of calcium phosphate ceramics-polyacrylic acid nanocomposites at room temperature in water-methanol mixtures

J Mater Sci Mater Med. 2004 Dec;15(12):1261-6. doi: 10.1007/s10856-004-5733-5.

Abstract

Calcium phosphate ceramics (CPCs) were prepared via an in-situ formation in the presence of polyacrylic acid (PAA) polymer under water-methanol (WM) mixture at room temperature. The PAA polymer was employed as both structure-directing agent and crystallization retardant to manipulate the development of resulting CPCs nano-crystallites which are observed to show a core-shell configuration with a thin layer of PAA molecules. A resulting phase evolution map with respect to the developing phases of calcium-deficient hydroxyapatite (CDHA), beta-tricalcium phosphate (beta-TCP), and an intermediate amorphous calcium phoshate (ACP) that were structurally and spectroscopically identified, was constructed in terms of fractions of water-to-methanol proportions and concentration of PAA. It is found that for the solutions in both water-rich and methanol-rich regions, pure CDHA and beta-TCP instead of intermediate ACP phase can be developed irrespective of the concentration of PAA, respectively. For conditions in between, i.e., with methanol fractions of 15%-90%, ACP appeared only when the PAA fell in a limited concentration range.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acrylic Resins / chemistry*
  • Calcium Phosphates / chemistry*
  • Ceramics / chemistry*
  • Methanol / chemistry*
  • Microscopy, Electron, Transmission
  • Nanotechnology
  • Temperature
  • Water / chemistry*

Substances

  • Acrylic Resins
  • Calcium Phosphates
  • Water
  • carbopol 940
  • calcium phosphate
  • Methanol