Effects of polarization on crystallization of calcium phosphate

Authors
Sun, XD Ma, CL Wang, Y Li, HD
Citation
Xd. Sun et al., Effects of polarization on crystallization of calcium phosphate, MATER LETT, 47(4-5), 2001, pp. 267-270
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Material Science & Engineering
Journal title
MATERIALS LETTERS
ISSN journal
0167577X → ACNP
Volume
47
Issue
4-5
Year of publication
2001
Pages
267 - 270
Database
ISI
SICI code
0167-577X(200102)47:4-5<267:EOPOCO>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
The acceleration effects of polarized lead zirconate titanium (Pb(Ti,Zr)O-3 , PZT) on the crystallization of calcium phosphate were demonstrated when P ZT plates were immersed in saturated solutions of hydroxyapatite (HA, Ca-10 (PO4)(6)(OH)(2)). Moreover, it is indicated that polarization also had infl uences on the orientation of the deposited crystals because crystalline lay ers of OCP (Ca8H2(PO4)(6) . 5H(2)O) were found on the negatively charged su rfaces of PZT. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.