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The role of fluoride in the nano-heterogeneity of bioactive glasses

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posted on 2017-09-15, 08:46 authored by Jamieson ChristieJamieson Christie, Delia S. Brauer
Fluoride-containing bioactive phospho‐silicate glasses have recently attracted interest for dental applications, particularly as remineralising additives in dentifrices, and are potentially attractive for bone regeneration, particularly in patients suffering from osteoporosis. The incorporation of fluoride into phospho­‐silicate glasses is also attractive from a structural viewpoint: Fluoride complexes modifier ions rather than binding to the silicate network, and it thereby adds a significant ionic contribution to the average character of chemical bonds in the system. Molecular dynamics simulations have suggested that this also results in the formation of nano-­eterogeneities. In this paper, we review the current knowledge on the structural role of fluoride in bioactive glasses, with a particular focus on inhomogeneities on a nano-­‐scale.

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  • Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering

Department

  • Materials

Published in

Physics and Chemistry of Glasses

Volume

58

Issue

4

Pages

180 - 186

Citation

CHRISTIE, J.K. and BRAUER, D.S., 2017. The role of fluoride in the nano-heterogeneity of bioactive glasses. Physics and Chemistry of Glasses - European Journal of Glass Science and Technology Part B, 58(4), pp. 180-186.

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Society of Glass Technology

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  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

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This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Acceptance date

2017-09-07

Publication date

2017

Notes

This paper was accepted for publication in the journal Physics and Chemistry of Glasses - European Journal of Glass Science and Technology Part B and the definitive published version is available at https://doi.org/10.13036/17533562.58.4.180

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1753-3562

Language

  • en

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