Calcium Phosphate Bone Cements Including Sugar Surfactants: Part One—Porosity, Setting Times and Compressive Strength

Addition of sugar surfactants, sucrose fatty acid esters and alkylpolyglucosides, to calcium phosphate cement designed for bone reconstruction is described. Thanks to their surface activity and through their adsorption at the surface of the calcium phosphate particles, they both induced a strong inc...

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Main Authors: Juliette Fitremann, Ariane Bercier, Olivier Lignon, Stéphane Gonçalves
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2010-09-01
Series:Materials
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/3/10/4695/