Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
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Department of Materials Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan 84156-83111, Iran Torabinejad Dental Research center and Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, School of Dentistry, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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Department of Materials Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan 84156-83111, Iran
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Torabinejad Dental Research center and Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, School of Dentistry, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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Department of Bioengineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, South Korea
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Chemistry Department, Payame Noor University, 19395-4697, Tehran, Iran
10.7508/jns.2012.03.011
Abstract
Diopside has been successfully prepared by a modified sol-gel method.Optimization in calcination temperature and mechanical ball milling resulted in a pure and nano-sized powder which characterized by means of scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X- ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and fourier transform infrared Spectroscopy (FT–IR). We hypothesized that nano-sized diopside would mimic more efficiently the nanocrystal structure and function of natural bone apatite, owing to the higher surface area, compare to conventional micron-size diopside. Accordingly, we used the unique advantage of nanotechnology to improve novel nanodiopside particles as a potential candidate for bone tissue regeneration whether as a peri- implant filling powder or in combination with other biomaterials as a composite scaffold.
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