Papers by Author: Bang Cheng Yang

Abstract: To improve the quality of bioceramic gradient coatings, wide band laser cladding technique was adopted to produce a kind of gradient composite bioceramic coating, which combines the good biocompatibility of HA and β-TCP with good toughness and strength of TC4 alloy. The rare earths oxide La2O3 was added to improve the properties of the bioceramic coating. The results indicate that when the adding of La2O3 is 0.6wt%, the ceramics coating is of the largest amount of HA and β-TCP catalyzed, and the number of cells proliferated and the ALP secreted on coatings is the biggest, which indicates that the biocompatibility and bioactivity of gradient bioceramic coating is the best. The biocompatibility and bioactivity are closely related to the amount of HA and β-TCP catalyzed by La2O3.

Abstract: A gradient bioceramic composite coating was prepared by wide-band laser cladding technique on TC4 alloy surface. The influence of rare earths oxide CeO2 on microstructure of bioceramic coating was studied. The experimental results indicated that CeO2 plays an important role in inducing HA + β-TCP formation. There is almost no HA+β-TCP in bioceramic coating without CeO2. When CeO2 content is higher than 0.2 wt.%, the amount of HA+β-TCP catalyzed by CeO2 gradually increases. The amount of HA+β-TCP becomes largest when CeO2 content is up to 0.4wt%. However, when CeO2 content ranges from 0.6 wt.% to 0.8 wt.%, the amount of synthesizing HA+β-TCP conversely goes down. Through cell culture experiment in vitro, the effect of bioceramic coating with different CeO2 contents on the expression of characteristic protein is investigated. The results show that the largest amount of expression of hydroxyproline(Hyp) at 2d and alkaline phosphatase(ALP) at 6d on coating is complied with 0.4wt.% CeO2, The result indicates that bioactivity of bioceramic coating is dependent on the amount of HA + β-TCP catalyzed by different CeO2 contents.

Abstract: Nano-titania ceramics is a potential biomaterial for orthopaedic application. In our previous studies, a bioactive nano-titania ceramics was prepared by using alkali-heat treatment. In this paper, hydroxyapatite was used as a grain growth inhibitor additive to get nano-titania ceramics with different grain size, and the effect of grain size on the bioactivity was studied in vitro.

Abstract: The bioactivities of titanium oxide film on titanium surface received from different chemical treatment methods were studied in SBF in vitro and mechanically and histologically investigated in vivo. Three groups of titanium specimens were prepared: untreated titanium(S), acid-alkali treated titanium (H), and acid-alkali and heat-treated titanium(X). The oxide film of X surface resulted in more apatite formation and significantly higher strength of the interface between the samples and bone than those of the other titanium groups. The surface of the acid-alkali treated titanium and that further treated by heat treatment had higher bioactivity and stronger bone-bonding ability.

Abstract: The achievement of biological sealing is determined by the quality of the skin attachment on the surface of the percutaneous implant in the area where the implant penetrates the skin. It has been known that certain surface features of the implants can significantly influence the interactions between cells and substrate. In this study, titanium plates were bioactivated through anode-oxidization firstly, and then cultured with human epithelium cells for 72h. Untreated Ti plates were used as control. After the samples were dehydrated, the morphology of the cultured epithelium cells was tested with Scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The surfaces of control group did not enhance epithelium cell attachment and growth, while the bioactivated microporous surface of anode-oxidized group would be beneficial to induce the formation of the pseudopod of epithelium cell, and then interlock the human epithelium cells through the pseudopod, which imply that the surface modification method of anode oxidization may be one of the most effective methods to resolve the biological sealing.

Abstract: In this study, microstructure and biocompatibility of gradient bioceramic composite coating fabricated by Wide-Band Laser Cladding is investigated. The experimental results indicate that the coating consists of an alloyed transition layer and the bioceramic coating. The bioceramic coating is mainly comprised of HA, CaTiO3, CaO, α-TCP, β-TCP and TiO. The coral-shaped structure and short-rod piled structure existing on the surface of coating. After the implantation of the bioceramic coatings into dogs’ femur for 6, 12, and 24 weeks, hypersusceptibility, rejection and pathological changes are not found. No fiber cyst, necrosis of bone tissue and chronic inflammation obviously appear through slice observation of hard tissues. The bioceramic coating with different ratios of Ca : P have different abilities to induce osteogenesis. At Ca: P=1.4 and 0.6wt.% Y2O3 (No.3 sample), the bioceramic coating is of best bioactivity and biocompatibility.

Abstract: To eliminate thermal stress during laser cladding and to raise the bonding strength between substrate and coating, composition gradient coatings are designed and fabricated by using wideband laser cladding technique on a Ti alloy. And mechanical properties on coating is studied. The experimental results indicate that the bonding strength between coating and substrate is fairly high, above 38.8MPa. The highest microhardness is obtained for coating containing 0.6wt.% Y2O3 1062HV0.1 and 1405HV0.1, respectively at bioceramic coating and alloyed transition layer. The average tensile strength, bending strength, and elastic modules of coatings are 767.83MPa, 1671.65MPa, and 13.98GPa, respectively.

Abstract: After the Tantalum metal was subjected to the anodic oxidation at suitable voltage in 2M H2SO4 solution, tantalum oxide with rhombic or amorphous structure formed on the metal surface. The Oxide showed apatite formation ability in simulative body fluid at 6d. It meant the anodic oxidation treatment ia an effective method to accelerate the bioactivity of tantalum metal.

Abstract: Biomimetic coating on roughed titanium plates were prepared in this work by a cathode deposition method in calcium phosphate solution electrolyte. The coatings of plate-like apatite crystals were deposited on the titanium plates under a constant potential of 2.0V for 60 min at 37. The coating crystals were identified to be carbonate-containing apatite (bone-like apatite) by X-ray diffraction and scanning electronic microscopy. The cell proliferation and adhesion of L929 cells on the titanium metal plates with biomimetic coating and the titanium plates with roughed-only were tested. The results showed that biomimetic coating on titanium surface can enhance the materials bioactivity. The study indicated that cathode method is potential to prepare biomimetic coating on titanium implants with excellent bioactivity.

Abstract: In this study, bovine serum albumin protein (BSA) was introduced to investigate the co-precipitation process of calcium phosphate and BSA on bioactivated Ti. Commercially pure titanium were bioactivated firstly, and then immersed in a highly supersaturated stable calcium phosphate (Ca-P) solution at three different conditions. The samples designated as Ti-C, Ti-C-CB, and Ti-C-B for control. The samples were evaluated by SEM with EDX, XRD and XPS. The co-precipitation of BSA protein and Ca-P influenced the morphology of the crystals of Ti-C-CB significantly. In terms of the immersion in the Ca-P solution containing BSA, the co-precipitation of Ca-P with BSA on the surface of Ti-C-CB was a chemical process rather than simple physical adsorption, which was most possibly achieved by the linkage of –COO− groups to Ca-P. Such coprecipitated interaction led to the formation of a tight, dense and uniform Ca-P coating.