Journal
COLLOIDS AND SURFACES B-BIOINTERFACES
Volume 180, Issue -, Pages 245-253Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2019.04.048
Keywords
Titanium; Hydroxyapatite coating; Bioactivity; Cold gas spray; Osteoblast-like cells
Funding
- Spanish Government [MAT2015-67183-R, MAT2013-46755-R]
- Generalitat de Catalunya [2017SGR-1165, 2017SGR-1777]
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The lack of bioactivity of titanium (Ti) is one of the main drawbacks for its application in biomedical implants since it can considerable reduce its osseointegration capacities. One strategy to overcome this limitation is the coating of Ti with hydroxyapatite (HA), which presents similar chemical composition than bone. Nonetheless, most of the strategies currently used generate a non-stable coating and may produce the formation of amorphous phases when high temperatures are used. Herein, we proposed to generate a Ti-HA composite coating on Ti surface to improve the stability of the bioactive coating. The coating was produced by cold gas spraying, which uses relatively low temperatures, and compared to a Ti coating. The coating was thoroughly characterized in terms of morphology, roughness, porosity and phase composition. In addition, the coating was mechanically characterized using a tensile loading machine. Finally, biological response was evaluated after seeding SaOS-2 osteoblasts and measuring cell adhesion, proliferation and differentiation. The novel Ti-HA coating presented high porosity and high adhesion and bond strengths. No change in HA phases was observed after coating formation. Moreover, osteoblast-like cells adhered, proliferated and differentiated on Ti-HA coated surfaces suggesting that the novel coating might be a good candidate for biomedical applications.
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