Christie, JK;
de Leeuw, NH;
(2017)
Effect of strontium inclusion on the bioactivity of phosphate-based glasses.
Journal of Materials Science
, 52
(15)
pp. 9014-9022.
10.1007/s10853-017-1155-x.
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Abstract
We have conducted first-principles and classical molecular dynamics simulations of various compositions of strontium-containing phosphate glasses, to understand how strontium incorporation will change the glasses’ activity when implanted into the body (bioactivity). To perform the classical simulations, we have developed a new interatomic potential, which takes account of the polarizability of the oxygen ions. The Sr–O bond length is ∼2.44–2.49 Å, and the coordination number is 7.5–7.8. The Qn distribution and network connectivity were roughly constant for these compositions. Sr bonds to a similar number of phosphate chains as Ca does; based on our previous work (Christie et al. in J Phys Chem B 117:10652, 2013), this implies that SrO ↔ CaO substitution will barely change the dissolution rate of these glasses and that the bioactivity will remain essentially constant. Strontium could therefore be incorporated into phosphate glass for biomedical applications
Type: | Article |
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Title: | Effect of strontium inclusion on the bioactivity of phosphate-based glasses |
Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
DOI: | 10.1007/s10853-017-1155-x |
Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10853-017-1155-x |
Language: | English |
Additional information: | The Author(s) 2017. This article is an open access publication |
Keywords: | Science & Technology, Technology, Materials Science, Multidisciplinary, Materials Science, Molecular-Dynamics Simulations, In-Situ Radiotherapy, Silicate-Glasses, Postmenopausal Osteoporosis, Biomedical Applications, Amorphous Silica, Ranelate, Substitution, Vectors, Yttrium |
UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences |
URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1562004 |
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