Journal of Inorganic Materials ›› 2013, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (7): 751-756.DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1077.2013.12502

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Preparation and Characterization of Nano-hydroxyapatite/PLGA Composites with Novel Surface-modified Nano-hydroxyapatite

JIANG Li-Xin1, 2, JIANG Liu-Yun1, MA Chi1, 2, HAN Chong-Tao1, 2, XU Li-Juan1, 2, XIONG Cheng-Dong1   

  1. (1. Chengdu Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China; 2. Graduated University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China)
  • Received:2012-08-17 Revised:2012-10-18 Published:2013-07-20 Online:2013-06-19
  • About author:JIANG Li-Xin. E-mail: jlx198765@126.com
  • Supported by:

    Talent Training Project of West Light Foundation of Chinese Academy of Science; National Natural Science Foundation of China (31000440)

Abstract: Nano-hydroxyapatite (n-HA) was modified by a new method of combining silane coupling reagent (KH550) with surface-grafting L-lactide LLA. Then, the surface-modified n-HA (g-n-HA) was introduced into poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) to prepare a series of g-n-HA/PLGA composites with the concentration of 3wt%, 10wt%, 20wt% and 30wt%. The properties of the g-n-HA/PLGA composites were characterized and compared with PLGA and n-HA/PLGA composites. The results show that n-HA is successfully modified by KH550 and L-LA. The g-n-HA particles could disperse more uniformly in PLGA matrix and promote PLGA to crystallize. The obtained g-n-HA/PLGA composites has better mechanical properties than those of n-HA/PLGA composites with the same amount of n-HA. Moreover, the bending and tensile strength of g-n-HA/PLGA composite containing 10wt% g-n-HA are 14.4% and 11.3% which is higher than that of pure PLGA, respectively. Therefore, the g-n-HA/PLGA composite is promising for bone fracture internal fixation material in future.

Key words: nano-hydroxyapatite (n-HA), surface modification, composite, PLGA

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