Nanostructural characteristics, mechanical properties, and osteoblast response of spark plasma sintered hydroxyapatite

• Main Authors: Li, H., Chow, V., Cheang, P., Khor, Khiam Aik
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/95264; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/8422
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This study aimed to fabricate bulk nanostructured hydroxyapatite (HA) pellets with improved properties using spark plasma sintering (SPS) for orthopedic applications. Spray-dried nanostructured HA (nSD-HA) powders were consolidated using the rapid SPS processing. The SPS processed nSD-HA was charact...