In-situ transformation of borate glass and its effect on Ph of soaking-liquid

Abstract

The Na-Ca-B glass microspheres with composition of 10Na2O-10CaO-80B2O3 (wt%) and 19Na2O-17CaO-64B2O3 (wt%) were prepared (denoted by S1 and S2, respectively) by flame spray ball method. The in-situ transformation of the microspheres into hollow hydroxyapatite(HA) and the influence on the pH value of the soaking-liquid were investigated by using pH meter, XRD, SEM, SEM-EDS, FTIR and BET measurements. In addition, the vancomycin was used as model drug to further investigate the sustained-release performance of hollow HA. The results indicate that S1-HA has larger cavity volume and better drug loading performance with 13.5 mg/g and 16.8% for its drug loading amount and efficiency, respectively. S2 microspheres can greatly influence the pH value of the soaking-liquid. Meanwhile, S2-HA present remarkable multilayered structure and better sustained-release performance with the release time of 60 h.