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Fabrication and mechanical properties of chitosan composite membrane containing hydroxyapatite particles

Show Author's Information H. R. LEa,*( ),  S. QUb,  R. E. MACKAYc,  R. ROTHWELLa
School of Marine Science and Engineering, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, PL4 8AA, United Kingdom
School of Engineering, Physics and Mathematics, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 2HN, United Kingdom
Centre for Electronics Systems Research, School of Engineering and Design, University of Brunel, Uxbridge, UB8 3PH, United Kingdom
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hydroxyapatite, composites, membrane, chitosan
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LE HR, QU S, MACKAY RE, et al. Fabrication and mechanical properties of chitosan composite membrane containing hydroxyapatite particles. Journal of Advanced Ceramics, 2012, 1(1): 66-71. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40145-012-0007-z
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This paper described the development of chitosan composites containing precipitated hydroxyapatite particles for potential applications in orthopaedic surgery or waste water treatment. The synthetic process and morphology of hydroxyapatite were reported. The effects of hydroxyapatite content on the microstructure and mechanical properties of composites were investigated. It was found that the Young's Modulus of the composites decreases with hydroxyapatite content while the failure strength and strain increase with the hydroxyapatite content.


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Fabrication and mechanical properties of chitosan composite membrane containing hydroxyapatite particles

Show Author's information H. R. LEa,*( ), S. QUb, R. E. MACKAYc, R. ROTHWELLa
School of Marine Science and Engineering, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, PL4 8AA, United Kingdom
School of Engineering, Physics and Mathematics, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 2HN, United Kingdom
Centre for Electronics Systems Research, School of Engineering and Design, University of Brunel, Uxbridge, UB8 3PH, United Kingdom

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This paper described the development of chitosan composites containing precipitated hydroxyapatite particles for potential applications in orthopaedic surgery or waste water treatment. The synthetic process and morphology of hydroxyapatite were reported. The effects of hydroxyapatite content on the microstructure and mechanical properties of composites were investigated. It was found that the Young's Modulus of the composites decreases with hydroxyapatite content while the failure strength and strain increase with the hydroxyapatite content.

Keywords: hydroxyapatite, composites, membrane, chitosan

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Received: 11 December 2011
Accepted: 03 January 2012
Published: 29 June 2012
Issue date: March 2012

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The authors are indebted to the support of technical team at the School of Engineering, Physics and Mathematics and the assistance of Mr Martin Kieran at the Centre for High Resolution Image Processing (CHIPs) of the School of Life Science, University of Dundee.

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