Characterization of Cu/Ag/Eu/Hydroxyapatite Composites Produced by Wet Chemical Precipitation

B. Komura, E.R. Ozturkb, N. Ekrenc,d, A.T. Inane, O. Gunduzd,f, E. Andronescug, A. Ficaig and F.N. Oktarb,d aKanuni Sultan Suleyman Training and Research Hospital, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Kucukcekmece, Halkali 34303, Istanbul, Turkey bMarmara University, Department of Bioengineering, Faculty of Engineering, Ziverbey, Kadikoy 34722, Istanbul, Turkey cMarmara University, Department of Electric Education, Technical Education School, Ziverbey, Kadikoy 34722, Istanbul, Turkey dMarmara University, Advanced Nanomaterials Research Laboratory, Faculty of Technology, Ziverbey, Kadikoy 34722, Istanbul, Turkey eMarmara University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Technology, Ziverbey, Kadikoy 34722, Istanbul, Turkey fMarmara University, Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Technology, Ziverbey, Kadikoy 34722, Istanbul, Turkey gPolitehnica University of Bucharest, Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Material Science, 1-7 Polizu Str., 011061 Bucharest, Romania

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In the first part of this study hydroxyapatite was prepared synthetically through classical wet precipitation, using Ca(NO3)2·4H2O (calcium nitrate tetrahydrate) as calcium source and HgN2O4P as phosphate source. In the second part of the study HA compounds were prepared with different ratios (0.5, 1, 2, 5, 10 and 25 wt.%) of antibacterial materials like copper (Cu), silver (Ag) and europium (Eu), using the same wet precipitation method. The prepared pure HA material was utilized as the control group for comparison with Cu/Ag/Eu/HA composites. Studies of X-ray diffraction, FTIR spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, equipped with energy dispersive X-ray analysis were performed. The aim of this study was to investigate Cu/Ag/Eu/HA composites and the effect of metals on HA biomaterials, used as scaffold materials in bone disease treatment.

DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.131.392 PACS numbers: 81.05.-t, 81.05.Mh, 87.85.J