Highly Orientated Calcification in Newly Formed Bones on Negatively Charged Hydroxyapatite Electrets

Article Preview

Abstract:

Large negative charges induced by electrical polarization on hydroxyapatite (HA) ceramics has been demonstrated to enhance their osteoconductivities. The newly formed bones in the vicinities of the negatively charged surfaces were investigated in the views of crystallography and histology. The newly formed bone layers accompanied by mono-layered osteoblastic cells showed 4 perfect extinction positions in a 360° rotation, parallel and perpendicular to the HA surfaces by the optically polarizing images. The observation revealed that the newly formed bone layers directly bonding to the N-surface were consisted of the well-crystallized and highly orientated HA. Therefore, it was presumed that the enhanced osteobonding by negative surface charges was ascribed to the activation of myeloid cells and the intensified attraction of the HA nuclei by the electrostatic force.

You might also be interested in these eBooks

Info:

Periodical:

Key Engineering Materials (Volumes 284-286)

Pages:

897-900

Citation:

Online since:

April 2005

Export:

Price:

[1] K. Yamashita, N. Oikawa and T. Umegaki: Chem. Mater. Vol. 8 (1996) p.2697.

Google Scholar

[2] S. Nakamura, H. Takeda and K. Yamashita K: J. Appl. Phys. Vol. 89 (2001) p.5386.

Google Scholar

[3] M. Ueshima, S. Nakamura, and K. Yamashita K: Adv Mater Vol. 14 (2002) p.591.

Google Scholar

[4] T. Kobayashi, S. Nakamura and K. Yamashita: J. Biomed. Mater. Res. Vol. 57 (2001) p.477.

Google Scholar

[5] S. Nakamura, T. Kobayashi and K. Yamashita: J. Biomed. Mater. Res. Vol. 61 (2002) p.593.

Google Scholar

[6] S. Nakamura, T. Kobayashi and K. Yamashita: J. Biomed. Mater. Res. Vol. 68A (2004) p.90.

Google Scholar

[7] T. Kokubo, S Ito, Z. T. Huang, T. Hayashi and S. Sakka: J. Biomed. Mater. Res. Vol. 24 (1990) p.331.

Google Scholar

[8] M. Neo. S. Kotani, T. Nakamura, T. Yamamuro, C. Ohtsuki, T. Kokubo and Y. Bando: J. Biomed. Mater. Res. Vol. 26 (1992) p.1419.

DOI: 10.1002/jbm.820261103

Google Scholar

[9] A. N. Winchell and H. H. Winchell: Elements of optical mineralogy, An Introduction to microscopic petrography Part II (John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York, 1951) pp.197-201.

Google Scholar