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School of Material & Mineral Resources Engineering. Dr. Hasmaliza Mohamad Radin Shafinaz Jamil Materials Engineering. The Synthesis of Porous Alumina Trough Sol-gel Combustion for Biomedical Application. Enhance the osteoblast adhesion. Background:
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School of Material & Mineral Resources Engineering Dr. Hasmaliza Mohamad Radin Shafinaz Jamil Materials Engineering
The Synthesis of Porous Alumina Trough Sol-gel Combustion for Biomedical Application Enhance the osteoblast adhesion
Background: • Major causes of implant loosening: incomplete osseointergration (Khang, 2008). • To overcome: modifying the implant/bone interface (Baxter, 2000). • Nanoporous alumina with the pore sizes range between 30 – 80 nm has been develop by two-step anodization (Karlsson, 2003). • The nanoporous alumina did improve the osteoblast adhesion. • Present study: • Nanoporous alumina with 30 – 80 nm will be produce trough sol – gel combustion. • Objective: • To use porous alumina produced trough sol-gel combustion to enhance the interface of bone cell and implant device (bone cell adhesion)
Alumina Properties • High strength and modulus. • High wear resistance • Chemical inertness
ingrowths tissue trough the pores Increase interfacial area Establishment of interface Increase movement resistance Function of nanoporous alumina • With nanoporous structure the adsorption of the proteins and minerals will give a better result for the adhesion.
Combustion • Advantages: • time and energy savings. • Can produce homogeneous, high-purity and high crystalline oxide ceramic powders • Capable to produce a pure phase with ultrafine powder at a low calcinations temperature • Environmentally clean processing • Easy technique to produce porous structure.
Porous alumina produce via combustion with magnification of 10K X
Raw materials Solution of mixture combustion Foamy product calcine α - alumina Flow Process:
Type of fuel Fuel–to–oxidizer ratio Ignition temperature Pore size Pore distribution Pore shape Parameters & Properties variation Parameters Properties Effect