"

Cookies ussage consent

Our site saves small pieces of text information (cookies) on your device in order to deliver better content and for statistical purposes. You can disable the usage of cookies by changing the settings of your browser. By browsing our site without changing the browser settings you grant us permission to store that information on your device.

I agree, do not show this message again.

Synthesis and characterization of acrylic bone cements reinforced with hydroxyapatite

J. SIMITZIS1,* , D. E. BACIU1, S. SOULIS1, M. TZEDAKI1

Affiliation

  1. National Technical University of Athens, School of Chemical Engineering, Department III "Materials Science and Engineering", Laboratory Unit "Advanced and Composite Materials", 9 Heroon Polytechniou s

Abstract

Acrylic bone cements based on poly (methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) reinforced with hydroxyapatite (HA) were synthesized by polymerization of MMA with PMMA prepolymer. The materials were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and the molecular weight was viscosimetrically determined. The molecular weight of PMMA bone cement without HA is about twice that of the initial PMMA. Acrylic bone cements reinforced with HA can be an advantageous solution for problems of bone filling as well as bone regeneration..

Keywords

acrylic bone cements, hydroxyapatite, FTIR, XRD, NMR, SEM.

Submitted at: March 11, 2010
Accepted at: May 26, 2010

Citation

J. SIMITZIS, D. E. BACIU, S. SOULIS, M. TZEDAKI, Synthesis and characterization of acrylic bone cements reinforced with hydroxyapatite, Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials Vol. 12, Iss. 5, pp. 1213-1219 (2010)