Experimental investigation on mechanical properties material characterisations and in vitro studies of the ceramic reinforced biopolymer nanocomposites

Abstract

Considerable attention has been devoted in the last decades in the newlinedevelopment of biomaterials. In fact, investigation of biomaterials is one of the newlinemost demanding and exciting areas of materials and polymer science. An ideal newlinebiomaterial must have the following characteristics like they fulfil the various newlinechemical and physical requirements along with the mechanical strength and newlinebiocompatibility. The tensile strength, yield strength, elastic modulus, corrosion, newlinecreep, and hardness are some of the most important properties of biomaterials newlinethat should be carefully studied and evaluated before implantation. From the newlinevarious literature, it was evident that the surface modification of biomaterials newlinewith polymers is an emerging strategy for increasing the mechanical properties newlineand biocompatibility of materials. newlineFunctionalization enhances the properties and characteristics of newlinenanoparticles through surface modification, and enables them to play a major newlinerole in the field of medicine. One of the effective approaches to modify the newlinesurface of the nanoparticles (NPs) is acid functionalization technique. The main newlineobjective of the research is to develop the ceramic reinforced polymer newlinenanocomposites as biomaterial with enhanced mechanical properties along with newlinesuperior biocompatibility. In this current research, the acrylic acid was used to newlinefunctionalize the surface of the TNPs (TiO2 nanoparticles) and SNPs newline(SiO2 nanoparticles). PEEK (polyether ether ketone) was selected as matrix material newlineto develop the ceramic reinforced polymer nanocomposites. newline