Title
Apatite Formability Of Boron Nitride Nanotubes
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.
Publication Date
5-20-2011
Publication Title
Nanotechnology
Volume
22
Issue
20
Number of Pages
-
Document Type
Article
Personal Identifier
scopus
DOI Link
https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/22/20/205601
Copyright Status
Unknown
Socpus ID
79953281477 (Scopus)
Source API URL
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/79953281477
STARS Citation
Lahiri, Debrupa; Singh, Virendra; Keshri, Anup K.; Seal, Sudipta; and Agarwal, Arvind, "Apatite Formability Of Boron Nitride Nanotubes" (2011). Scopus Export 2010-2014. 3589.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/scopus2010/3589