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Bioactivity and Mechanical Properties of Cellulose/Carbonate Hydroxyapatite Composites Prepared in situ through Mechanochemical Reaction

Akihiko Yoshida

Graduate School of Life Science and Systems Engineering Kyushu Institute of Technology, 2-4, Hibikino, Wakamatsu-ku Kitakyushu 808-0196, Japan

Toshiki Miyazaki

Graduate School of Life Science and Systems Engineering Kyushu Institute of Technology, 2-4, Hibikino, Wakamatsu-ku Kitakyushu 808-0196, Japan, tmiya{at}life.kyutech.ac.jp

Masahiro Ashizuka

Graduate School of Life Science and Systems Engineering Kyushu Institute of Technology, 2-4, Hibikino, Wakamatsu-ku Kitakyushu 808-0196, Japan

Eiichi Ishida

Department of Materials Science, Faculty of Engineering Kyushu Institute of Technology, 1-1, Sensui-cho, Tobata-ku Kitakyushu 804-8550, Japan

Organic-inorganic composites, prepared from bone-bonding bioactive ceramics and organic polymers, are useful for novel bone substitutes having mechanical properties analogous to natural bone. We synthesized composites from cellulose and carbonate hydroxyapatite (CHAp) in situ through mechanochemical reaction. They contained B-type CHAp analogous to bone apatite. They showed a bending strengths of 10-13 MPa and Young’s modulus of 1.5-2.2 GPa. We predicted their microstructure by comparing the measured density with the theoretical one. Cellulose was assumed to be distributed in the pore of CHAp at low cellulose content, and in grain boundaries of CHAp at high cellulose content. The composites formed calcium phosphate on their surfaces in simulated body fluid, meaning that they have a potential to be bioactive.

Key Words: cellulose • carbonate hydroxypatite (CHAp) • composite • mechano-chemical reaction • bioactivity • simulated body fluid (SBF)

This version was published on October 1, 2006

Journal of Biomaterials Applications, Vol. 21, No. 2, 179-194 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/0885328206059796
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