Biomimetic Growth Of Hydroxyapatite On Kenaf Fibers

Saiful Izwan, Abd Razak and Izzati Fatimah, Wahab and Mohammed Rafiq, Abdul Kadir and Ahmad Zahran, Md Khudzari and Abdul Halim, Mohd Yusof and Farah Nuruljannah, Dahli and Nadirul Hasraf, Mat Nayan and T. Joseph Sahaya, Anand (2016) Biomimetic Growth Of Hydroxyapatite On Kenaf Fibers. BioResources, 11 (1). pp. 1971-1981. ISSN 1930-2126

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Abstract

Biomimetic hydroxyapatite (HA) growth on mercerized kenaf fiber (KF) was achieved by immersion in a simulated body fluid (SBF) solution with the addition of a chelating agent. An electron micrograph revealed uniform HA layers on the KF within 14 days of immersion with significant vibrational peaks of HA components. The tensile tests showed no significant drops in the unit break of the modified fibers. This new bone-like apatite coating on KF can be useful in the field of bone tissue engineering. The key motivation for this new approach was that it utilizes the abundantly available kenaf plant resource as the biobased template.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Kenaf fiber; Simulated body fluid; Hydroxyapatite; Bone repair materials
Subjects:	T Technology > T Technology (General)
Divisions:	Faculty of Manufacturing Engineering
Depositing User:	Mohd Hannif Jamaludin
Date Deposited:	16 Aug 2016 02:58
Last Modified:	07 Sep 2021 04:07
URI:	http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/16979
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