Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) for Monitoring the Formation of Hydroxyapatite Porous Layers

Daniel Sola; Daniel Paulés; Lorena Grima; Jesús Anzano

doi:10.3390/ma10121395

Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) for Monitoring the Formation of Hydroxyapatite Porous Layers

Materials (Basel). 2017 Dec 6;10(12):1395. doi: 10.3390/ma10121395.

Authors

Daniel Sola¹, Daniel Paulés², Lorena Grima³, Jesús Anzano⁴

Affiliations

¹ Laboratorio de Óptica, Centro de Investigación en Óptica y Nanofísica, Universidad de Murcia, Campus Espinardo, 30.100 Murcia, Spain. daniel.sola@um.es.
² Laboratorio Láser, Dpto. Química Analítica, Universidad de Zaragoza, 50.009 Zaragoza, Spain. danipaules25@gmail.com.
³ Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragón, Dpto. Ciencia y Tecnología de Materiales y Fluidos, Universidad de Zaragoza-CSIC, 50.018 Zaragoza, Spain. lgrima@unizar.es.
⁴ Laboratorio Láser, Dpto. Química Analítica, Universidad de Zaragoza, 50.009 Zaragoza, Spain. janzano@unizar.es.

Abstract

Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) is applied to characterize the formation of porous hydroxyapatite layers on the surface of 0.8CaSiO₃-0.2Ca₃(PO₄)₂ biocompatible eutectic glass immersed in simulated body fluid (SBF). Compositional and structural characterization analyses were also conducted by field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), and micro-Raman spectroscopy.

Keywords: bioactive materials; eutectic glass; laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy.