Microstructural characterization of sodium niobates by the sol-gel process for use in tissue engineering

Sodium niobate is a potentially important dielectric material for its piezoelectric properties. It has a perovskite-like structure, in its most stable form. Recent advances in tissue engineering have focused on the use of biochemical and physicochemical signals to trigger specific cellular responses...

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Autores: Ferreira Ribeiro, Suzana Noronha, Elzubair Eltom, Amal
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:Brasil
Recursos:Instituto Militar de Engenharia (IME)
Repositorio:C&T (Rio de Janeiro. Online)
Idioma:portugués
inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:meiramattos.eceme.ensino.eb.br:article/9301
Acesso em linha:https://ebrevistas.eb.mil.br/CT/article/view/9301
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Sodium niobates.
Sol-gel
Piezoelectric
Niobatos de sódio.
sol-gel.
Piezoelétricos.
Descrição
Resumo:Sodium niobate is a potentially important dielectric material for its piezoelectric properties. It has a perovskite-like structure, in its most stable form. Recent advances in tissue engineering have focused on the use of biochemical and physicochemical signals to trigger specific cellular responses and encourage better biological interaction between the biomaterial and living tissue. Piezoelectric ceramics may be the key to the functionalization of current grafts, as they exhibit mechanically generated electrical behavior. In this work, the production of sodium niobate (NaNbO3), a piezoelectric biomaterial, in different molar compositions, by the sol-gel method was adopted in order to observe the changes in the microstructure using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) techniques. The synthesis was efficient, and the microstructure is in agreement with what was found in the literature.