title: Analysis of surface layers on bioactive glasses.
abstract: FT-Raman spectroscopy proves to be a powerful technique to study surface reactions on bioactive glasses and it eliminates the fluorescence of the organic phase of whole bone, thereby making it possible to compare the reaction layers formed on bioactive glasses with the mineral phase of bone. The spectrum of hydroxycarbonate apatite (HCA) developed on the bioactive glasses is closer to that of bone than synthetic hydroxyapatite (HA) and closely matches that of bone mineral obtained by deproteination of whole human femoral cortical bone.
authors.affiliation: Interdisciplinary Research Centre in Biomedical Materials, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London, UK.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rehman
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Hench
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Bonfield
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D001031:Apatites / Q000737:chemistry*; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000737:chemistry; D002254:Carbonates / Q000737:chemistry; D003461:Crystallography; D017886:Durapatite / Q000737:chemistry; D005583:Fourier Analysis; D005898:Glass / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared; D013059:Spectrum Analysis, Raman; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D001031:Apatites; D002254:Carbonates; D017886:Durapatite