Lau, Mei-ling and Lau, Kin-tak and Ku, Harry and Cardona, Francisco and Lee, Joong-Hee (2013) Analysis of heat-treated bovine cortical bone by thermal gravimetric and nanoindentation. Composites Part B: Engineering , 55. pp. 447-452. ISSN 1359-8368
Abstract
Xenograft bone has been widely used as a bone grafting material because it gains advantages in biological and mechanical properties as compare with the use of an allograft bone. Heat-treatment of bone is recognized as one of the simple and practical methods to lower the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and overcome the risks of rejection and disease transfer during the bone transplantation. Therefore, understanding the change of bone's organic matrix after heat treatment has become a significant topic. In this study, thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA) was used to investigate the condition of organic constituents of a bovine cortical bone. In order to well characterize the microstructural and mechanical property of the bone after heat treatment, nanoindention technique was also employed to measure the localized elastic modulus (E) and hardness (H) of its interstitial lamellae and osteons lamellae at the temperatures of 23°C (RT), 37°C, 90°C, 120°C and 160°C, respectively. The TGA results demonstrated that heat-treated bones had three stages of weight loss. The first stage was the loss of water, which started from RT to 160°C. Follow by a weight loss of organic constituents starting from 200°C to 600°C. Upon reaching 600°C, the organic constituents were decomposed and mineral phase loss started taking place until 850°C. From the nanoindentation results, it showed the values of E and H measured for the interstitial lamellae were higher than that of the osteons lamellae. This phenomenon indicates that the interstitial lamellae are stiffer and easy to be mineralized than osteons lamellae. For a specimen heat-treated at 90°C, the values of E and H of interstitial lamellae and osteons lamellae were similar to a non-heat-treated specimen. For a specimen heat-treated at 120°C, its interstitial lamellae had higher E and H values than osteons lamellae. When a specimen was heat-treated at 160°C, both interstitial lamellae and osteons lamellae demonstrated a slight decrease of their E and H values. An ANOVA statistical analysis was used to analyze the difference in elastic properties and hardness in various temperature ranges.
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| Item Type: | Article (Commonwealth Reporting Category C) |
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| Refereed: | Yes |
| Item Status: | Live Archive |
| Additional Information: | © 2013 Elsevier Ltd. Published version deposited in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. |
| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Current - Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences - No Department (1 Jul 2013 -) |
| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Current - Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences - No Department (1 Jul 2013 -) |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Jun 2014 06:09 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Jul 2014 05:29 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | nano-structures; mechanical properties; bovine cortical bone; non-destructive testing; thermal analysis |
| Fields of Research (2008): | 10 Technology > 1007 Nanotechnology > 100703 Nanobiotechnology 11 Medical and Health Sciences > 1103 Clinical Sciences > 110314 Orthopaedics 09 Engineering > 0903 Biomedical Engineering > 090301 Biomaterials |
| Socio-Economic Objectives (2008): | E Expanding Knowledge > 97 Expanding Knowledge > 970110 Expanding Knowledge in Technology |
| Identification Number or DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2013.06.027 |
| URI: | http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/25333 |
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