Super-paramagnetic nanostructured CuZnMg mixed spinel ferrite for bone tissue regeneration

Publication date: December 2019Source: Materials Science and Engineering: C, Volume 105Author(s): Mohammad Ansari, Ashkan Bigham, Hossein Abbastabar AhangarAbstractSpinel ferrite-based nanoparticles are being widely applied in bone tissue regeneration because of their outstanding properties such as their capability to be applied in hyperthermia-based bone cancer therapy. In the present study, Cu0.3Zn0.2Mg0.5Fe2O4 nanoparticles are synthesized through thermal-treatment method followed by calcination at 650 °C. The calcined nanoparticles are characterized through X-ray diffraction (XRD), field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) equipped with energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) and elemental mapping, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM). Then from the nanoparticles, a disk is fabricated and sintered at 800 °C to assess Cu0.3Zn0.2Mg0.5Fe2O4 basic requirements of a bone substitute like apatite-formation ability, degradation, mechanical properties, and cell compatibility and so compressive strength, apatite forming ability up to 21 days in simulated body fluid (SBF), in vitro degradation in two different buffers, antibacterial activity, cell compatibility, and attachment are assessed in vitro. The results show that the magnetization saturation (Ms) is increased from 52 to 60 emu/g when the nanoparticles are sintered at 800 °C. Immersion the disk into SBF is synchronized with deposition of spherical CaP part...
Source: Materials Science and Engineering: C - Category: Materials Science Source Type: research