effect of hydroxide ion concentration on the morphology of the hydroxyapatite nanorods synthesized using electrophoretic deposition氢氧根离子浓度对羟磷灰石的形貌纳米合成使用电泳沉积.pdfVIP

Materials Sciences and Applications, 2011, 2, 105-110 105 doi:10.4236/msa.2011.22014 Published Online February 2011 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/msa) Effect of Hydroxide Ion Concentration on the Morphology of the Hydroxyapatite Nanorods Synthesized Using Electrophoretic Deposition Khalil Abdelrazek Khalil, Abdulhakim A. Almajid, Mahmoud S. Soliman Mechanical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Email: kabdelmawgoud@.sa, khalil305@ Received December 16th, 2010; revised January 5th, 2011; accepted January 23rd, 2011. ABSTRACT − The effect of OH concentration on the morphology of the hydroxyapatite (HA) nanorod synthesized using electropho- retic deposition (EPD) method has been investigated. The growth of HA nanorods was achieved on polished titanium substrates. The electrolyte used in this study was prepared by dissolving calcium acetate (Ca (CH COO) H O), and 3 2 2 Ammonium dihydrogen phosphate (NH H PO ) in distilled water without any surfactant, and was maintained at 80- 4 2 4 130˚C. Two electrolytes with OH−concentration of 10−4 and 10−10 were prepared. A highly homogeneous HA nanorods deposited on the titanium substrates were obtained after 1 h in the electrolytes with higher OH− concentration of 10−4 . On the other hand, a flower-shaped HA nanostructures composed of needle-like HA crystals were obtained in the elec- trolyte of lower OH−concentration of 10−10. The deposits were identified as HA crystal rods grown along the c axis and perpendicular to the substrate . The HA deposits were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) while de- tailed structural characterization was don