Production and bio-corrosion resistance of porous magnesium with hydroxyapatite coating for biomedical applications

  • Min Ho Kang
  • , Hyun Do Jung
  • , Sung Won Kim
  • , Sung Mi Lee
  • , Hyoun Ee Kim
  • , Yuri Estrin
  • , Young Hag Koh*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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    Abstract

    Biodegradable porous magnesium (Mg) with hydroxyapatite (HA) coating suitable for biomedical applications was fabricated. A blend of Mg and NaCl particles was sintered by spark plasma sintering (SPS), and then the NaCl was dissolved to obtain a porous structure. Different levels of porosity (50%, 60% and 70%) were achieved by adjusting the volume fraction of NaCl, while preserving high pore interconnectivity with a large pore size of~240 μm. In addition, a dense HA coating layer comprised of needle-shaped HA crystals was formed on the surface of the porous Mg by treatment in an aqueous solution. Both bare and HA-coated porous Mg specimens with a porosity of 60% exhibited ductile behavior under compressive loading and similar levels of ultimate compressive strength (~15 MPa). However, HA coating significantly enhanced the corrosion resistance of porous Mg.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)122-124
    Number of pages3
    JournalMaterials Letters
    Volume108
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2013

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    This research was supported by the International Collaborative R&D Program(No. 2010-BS-101007-001) funded by the Ministry of Knowledge & Economy, Republic of Korea and Korea Healthcare technology R&D Project ( No. A121035 ) funded by Ministry for Health, Welfare & Family Affairs, Republic of Korea .

    Keywords

    • Biodegradable
    • Hydroxyapatite coating
    • Magnesium
    • Porous
    • Spark plasma sintering

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • General Materials Science
    • Condensed Matter Physics
    • Mechanics of Materials
    • Mechanical Engineering

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