I am currently doing an Electrospinning project, and I need to create an Hydroxyapatite solution that yields fibers. I plan to grind up HA into a powder and disperse it through Acetone (or IPA if I do not have enough Acetone). Can someone please tell me the steps on how I would approach this? I do not know if I have access to a sonication machine, but I do have a magnetic stirring machine. Any past experience would be appreciated.
Dear Matthew Lawson, literature is full of studies on this subject. Please follow these references. My Regards
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2013.09.096
10.1166/jnn.2017.12620
10.1111/j.1151-2916.2004.tb06351.x
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15244/pjoes/85123
Matthew Lawson,
HA powder alone cannot be use for solution. It is necessary to have some polymeric chains inside your solution and then disperse the HA. After the electrospinning was done, you can remove the the polymeric chains by different heat treatments to have HA fibers.
Best wishes,
Normally Iso propyle acohol (IPA), acetone, and ethanol are best solvent to disperse the HAP and need sonnication and ageing for a day.
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