title: Titanium modified with layer-by-layer sol-gel tantalum oxide and an organodiphosphonic acid: a coating for hydroxyapatite growth.
abstract: Titanium and its alloys are widely used in surgical implants due to their appropriate properties like corrosion resistance, biocompatibility, and load bearing. Unfortunately when metals are used for orthopedic and dental implants there is the possibility of loosening over a long period of time. Surface modification is a good way to counter this problem. A thin tantalum oxide layer obtained by layer-by-layer (LBL) sol-gel deposition on top of a titanium surface is expected to improve biocorrosion resistance in the body fluid, biocompatibility, and radio-opacity. This elaboration step is followed by a modification of the tantalum oxide surface with an organodiphosphonic acid self-assembled monolayer, capable of chemically binding to the oxide surface, and also improving hydroxyapatite growth. The different steps of this proposed process are characterized by surfaces techniques like contact angle, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and atomic force microscopy (AFM).
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Chemistry and Electrochemistry of Surfaces, Research Centre in Physics of Matter and Radiation, University of Namur, FUNDP, Rue de Bruxelles 61, B-5000 Namur, Belgium.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Arnould
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Volcke
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lamarque
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Thiry
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Delhalle
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Mekhalif
mesh_terms: D020099:Coated Materials, Biocompatible / Q000737:chemistry*; D017886:Durapatite; D063065:Organophosphonates / Q000737:chemistry*; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D010087:Oxides / Q000737:chemistry*; D044367:Phase Transition; D013499:Surface Properties; D013635:Tantalum / Q000737:chemistry*; D014025:Titanium / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D020099:Coated Materials, Biocompatible; D063065:Organophosphonates; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds; D010087:Oxides; D013635:Tantalum; D017886:Durapatite; D014025:Titanium; C078151:tantalum oxide