Metathetic Reaction in Reverse Micelles: Synthesis of Nanostructured Alkaline-Earth Metal Phosphates |
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| Authors: | Purnendu Parhi Alok R. Ray Arunachalam Ramanan |
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| Affiliation: | Center for Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India; Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India |
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| Abstract: | For the past few years, hydroxyapatite (HAp) has been identified as a potential biomaterial due to its excellent biocompatibility and bioactivity. The preparation of nanostructured HAp with controlled powder characteristics is a pre-requisite for processing it into useful biocomposites. Here, the synthesis of nanorods of calcium hydroxyapatite (Ca-HAp), strontium hydroxyapatite (Sr-HAp), and barium hydroxyapatite (Ba-HAp) by exploiting the metathetic reaction taking place in reverse micelles in the presence of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide has been reported. Powder X-ray diffraction analysis and thermogravimetric measurements confirm the formation of monophasic Ca-HAp and Sr-HAp. The growth of nanorods was further confirmed using transmission electron microscopy studies. The average lengths of Ca-HAp and Sr-HAp were ∼60 and 30 nm, respectively. However, the preparation of Ba-HAp invariably yielded a multiphasic mixture with other competitive phases like BaHPO4 and Ba(H2PO4)2. |
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