Molecular structure at the bone-implant interface: a vibrational spectroscopic characterization.
Test implant plates surgically retrieved from distal femurs of dogs were studied by Raman spectroscopy in order to characterize the bone-implant interface. The implant surface consisted of phosphate mineral, plasma sprayed on a titanium substrate. On the basis of its spectroscopic signature, the phosphate mineral of bone and the implant surface formed a mixed phase in the interface.
Walters
M A
MA
Department of Chemistry, New York University, NY 10003.
Blumenthal
N C
NC
Leung
Y
Y
Wang
Y
Y
Ricci
J L
JL
Spivak
J M
JM
D000818:Animals; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000737:chemistry / Q000601:surgery*; D004285:Dogs; D008903:Minerals / Q000737:chemistry; D015394:Molecular Structure; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D013059:Spectrum Analysis, Raman
D008903:Minerals