Journal of Materials Science

, Volume 42, Issue 14, pp 5340–5346 | Cite as

Formation of monetite nanoparticles and nanofibers in reverse micelles

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Abstract

Reverse micelles solution of water and cyclohexane containing either cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) or polyoxyethylene-8-dodecyl ether (C12E8) surfactants and n-pentanol as co-surfactant have been used as organized reaction microenvironments for monetite (dicalcium phosphate anhydrous, DCPA) precipitation. Well-crystallized monetite nanoparticles with various morphologies such as spheres, nanofibers and bundles of nanowires were obtained in CTAB reverse micelles solution. The molar ratio of water and surfactant (W o) and the molar ratio of co-surfactant and surfactant (P o) have great influence on the structure and morphology of the final products. A generalized mechanism for the growth of monetite in reverse micelles is proposed, in which the interaction between the surfactant molecules and PO 4 3− ions leads to the formation of a surfactant/CaHPO4 complex. It is because of this central complex that the further fusion with reactant ions containing reverse micelles will occur only in one direction. Changing the content of water and co-surfactant has great influence on the morphology of reverse micelles and on the interaction between the surfactant/CaHPO4 complex leading to a fine tuning of the morphology of products. By contrast, lacking of this interaction in the C12E8 system only tablet amorphous calcium phosphate can be formed.

Keywords

Surfactant Calcium Phosphate Surfactant Molecule Reverse Micelle Calcium Phosphate Cement 
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Acknowledgements

The authors acknowledge the financial supports for this study from National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Project Grant (50272021, 59932050, and 50472054), Natural Science Foundation Cooperative Project Grant of Guangdong (04205786). We also thank Dr. B. Léon for her helpful comments and suggestions.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Key Laboratory of Specially Function Materials and Advanced Manufacturing Technology of Ministry of EducationSouth China university of TechnologyGuangzhouChina
  2. 2.Biomaterials Lab, College of Materials Science and EngineeringSouth China university of TechnologyGuangzhouChina

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