A composite material based on the WE43 magnesium alloy and containing nano-sized hardystonite ceramic particles was processed by means of friction stir processing (FSP). Compressive strength strain-at-failure increased as a combined result FSP nanoparticle reinforcement. The results potentiondynamic polarization electrochemical impedance spectroscopy tests indicated that corrosion mechanism nan...

Objective(s): Hardystonite (HT) has been successfully prepared by a modified sol-gel method. We hypothesized thatnano-sized (HT) would mimic more efficiently the nanocrystal structure and function of natural bone apatite, owing to the higher surface area, compare to conventional micron-size (HT).Materials and Methods: The hardystonite nanopowder was prepared via a modified sol-gel method.Optimi...

In this study, mechanical properties and apatite formation ability of synthesized fluorapatite-hardystonite (FA-HT) nanocomposite scaffolds were investigated. Hardystonite (HT; 5 and 10 wt.%) as a reinforcement phase was incorporated into the FA scaffold. FA was mixed with HT for 4 h under argon gas at 220 °C. A space holder method was used for fabricating porous FA-HT scaffolds. Sodium chlorid...

Objective (s): Silicate bioceramics containing Zn and Ca like hardystonite (Hr) with chemical formula Ca2ZnSi2O7 has attracted the attention of researchers in biomedical field due to its remarkable biological and mechanical properties. The new generation of bioceramics can applied in bone tissue engineering to substitute with infected bone. However, these zirconium-silicate bioceramics have pro...

Objective(s): Hardystonite (HT) is Zn-modified silicate bioceramics with promising results for bone tissue regeneration. However, HT possesses no obvious apatite formation. Thus, in this study we incorporated Sr and Ti into HT to prepare Sr-Ti-hardystonite (Sr-Ti-HT) nanocomposite and evaluated its in vitro bioactivity with the purpose of developing a more bioactive bone substitute material. Ma...

Tissue engineering strategies to construct vascularized bone grafts are now attracting much attention. Strontium-hardystonite-Gahnite (Sr-HT-Gahnite) is a strong, highly porous, and biocompatible calcium silicate based bio-ceramic that contains strontium and zinc ions. Adipose derived stem cells (ASCs) have been demonstrated to have the ability in promoting osteogenesis and angiogenesis. In thi...

The phase relations of petedunnite [CaZnSi2O6 (pd)] were determined experimentally at P-T conditions up to 2.5 GPa and 1100 °C. Single-phase petedunnite is formed at high pressures (P > 0.8 GPa). Reversed experiments show that at lower pressures and temperatures >650 °C petedunnite decomposes to willemite [Zn2SiO4 (wil)], hardystonite [Ca2ZnSi2O7 (har)], and quartz [SiO2 (qtz)] according to the...