http://repository.iitr.ac.in/handle/123456789/12614| Title: | Apatite formability of boron nitride nanotubes |
| Authors: | Lahiri, Debrupa Singh V. Keshri A.K. Seal S. Agarwal A. |
| Published in: | Nanotechnology |
| Abstract: | This study investigates the ability of boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs) to induce apatite formation in a simulated body fluid environment for a period of7, 14 and 28days. BNNTs, when soaked in the simulated body fluid, are found to induce hydroxyapatite (HA) precipitation on their surface. The precipitation process has an initial incubation period of ∼ 4.6 days. The amount of HA precipitate increases gradually with the soaking time. High resolution TEM results indicated a hexagonal crystal structure of HA needles. No specific crystallographic orientation relationship is observed between BNNT and HA, which is due to the presence of a thin amorphous HA layer on the BNNT surface that disturbs a definite orientation relationship. © 2011 IOP Publishing Ltd. |
| Citation: | Nanotechnology (2011), 22(20): - |
| URI: | https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/22/20/205601 http://repository.iitr.ac.in/handle/123456789/12614 |
| Issue Date: | 2011 |
| ISSN: | 9574484 |
| Author Scopus IDs: | 26326345700 55204645700 35205917600 7102592430 7401480913 |
| Author Affiliations: | Lahiri, D., Plasma Forming Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33174, United States Singh, V., AMPAC and Nanoscience Technology Center, University of Central Florida, 4000 Central FL Boullvard, OL 32816, United States Keshri, A.K., Plasma Forming Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33174, United States Seal, S., AMPAC and Nanoscience Technology Center, University of Central Florida, 4000 Central FL Boullvard, OL 32816, United States Agarwal, A., Plasma Forming Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33174, United States |
| Corresponding Author: | Agarwal, A.; Plasma Forming Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33174, United States; email: agarwala@fiu.edu |
| Appears in Collections: | Journal Publications [MT] |
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