Preparation of Porous Composites Consisting of Apatite and Poly(D,L-Lactide)
Preparation of Porous Composites Consisting of Apatite and Poly(D,L-Lactide)
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磷灰石与聚(D,L-丙交酯)多孔复合材料的制备
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10.4028/www.scientific.net/kem.240-242.167
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2002
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Y. Yokogawa
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F. Nagata;T. Miyajima;Y. Yokogawa
Porous composites made of microspheres consisting of only biodegradable materials were prepared under the condition at ordinary temperature and pressure. Poly (D,L-lactide) (PLA) and hydroxyapatite (HAp) microspheres were prepared by a surfactant-free emulsion solvent evaporation method using calcium phosphate precipitation as stabilizer. The obtained microspheres were molded with dissolved PLA in solvent and porous materials were formed by solvent evaporation. Introduction Formation of porous materials using biodegradable microspheres would have the possibility to obtain easily three-dimensional designed materials for bone grafts[1]. Biodegradable polymers such as poly (D,L-lactide), PLA are now used as bone implant materials. In general, PLA microspheres are prepared by emulsion method with the aid of surfactants, however it is pointed out that these surfactants remain in the final products[2] and may be affected to human body such as an allergy-like reaction because of their non-biodegradability. Poly(vinyl alcohol), PVA, is most frequently used as a surfactant to stabilize the oil-in-water emulsification for PLA microspheres, but the residual PVA is also suspected of carcinogenicity[3]. In order to solve this problem, we have been studying preparation of PLA and hydroxyapatite (HAp) microspheres without surfactants. In this paper, we report surfactant-free preparation of PLA and HAp microspheres and formation of porous materials consisting of the microspheres Methods An oil-in-water emulsion solvent evaporation method was used for PLA/calcium phosphate microsphere fabrication. The organic phase composed of PLA (Mw = 20,000; WAKO) and dichloromethane was poured in various concentrations of (CH3COOH)2Ca aqueous solution. The mixture was stirred to yield emulsion. (NH4)2HPO4 aqueous solution was added into the emulsion. For the sake of comparison, the organic phase was also stirred in the distilled water without both (CH3COOH)2Ca and (NH4)2HPO4 aqueous solutions. The suspension was stirred for 24 -72 h at room temperature to remove the dichloromethane. The suspension was filtered, washed and dried to obtain microspheres. The resulting microspheres were separated into the following size ranges: <38; 38-75; 75-150; 150-300; and >300 μm. The obtained microspheres of a specific size range were mixed with dissolved PLA and molded by injecting filtration method or centrifugation method to form a disc. The morphology of microspheres and molded discs were observed using SEM (HITACHI, S3000) and microscope (Keyence, VH-6300). Phase of the microspheres was analyzed by XRD (MAC science, MXP3). Key Engineering Materials Online: 2003-05-15 ISSN: 1662-9795, Vols. 240-242, pp 167-170 doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.240-242.167 © 2003 Trans Tech Publications Ltd, Switzerland All rights reserved. No part of contents of this paper may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without the written permission of Trans Tech Publications Ltd, www.scientific.net. (Semanticscholar.org-13/03/20,21:20:33) Results and Discussion Surfactant-free microspheres were prepared using precipitation of calcium phosphate. The formation of microspheres depends upon preparation condition. When the organic phase was poured in the distilled water, almost all of PLA were deposited as agglomeration on a stirring magnet and small amounts of particles dispersed in the distilled water. The dispersed particles were not form into microsphere. In contrast, microemulsions were generally obtained and microspheres recovered when the organic phase was poured in (CH3COOH)2Ca aqueous solution and then (NH4)2HPO4 aqueous solution was added drop by drop into the emulsion. SEM analysis of the products prepared in (CH3COOH)2Ca aqueous solution revealed that no other products were observed without microspheres (Fig. 1). EDX analysis confirmed the presence of the Ca and P elements on microspheres (Fig. 2). These results indicated that calcium phosphate played a role as stabilizer for microsphere fabrication and formed microsphere composites together with PLA. The peaks of XRD pattern of the microspheres were in good agreement with the JCPDS value of HAp but they were broad, which indicated the precipitate on the microspheres to be incompletely crystallized HAp (Fig. 3). As can be seen from Fig. 4, the molded discs were made up of aggregates of the microspheres. A cross section image of the discs revealed that they had many pores in their matrix. Ca