Guha, Avijit and Nayar, S and Thatoi, Hruayanath (2010) Microwave irradiation enhances kinetics of the biomimetic process of hydroxyapatite nanocomposites. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, 5 (2). 024001.
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In situ synthesized hydroxyapatite-poly(vinyl) alcohol nanocomposite was subjected to microwave irradiation, post synthesis. Interestingly, the aging time of 1 week required for the normal biomimetic process was reduced to 1 h post microwave irradiation, as characterized by x-ray powder diffraction and transmission electron microscopy. The surface topography shows the tendency of tubules to cross-link with the help of microwave energy. The microwave energy seems to provide a directional pull to the polymer chains which could have led to an enhancement of the kinetics of phase formation.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | synthesized hydroxyapatite–poly(vinyl)alcohol, nanocomposite, hydroxyapatite nanocomposites |
| Subjects: | Materials Science Nanoscience and Nanotechnology |
| Divisions: | Material Science and Technology |
| Depositing User: | Users 74 not found. |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Jul 2011 09:04 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Nov 2011 05:27 |
| URI: | http://eprints.nmlindia.org/id/eprint/3107 |
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