Chávez-Díaz Mercedes Paulina, Escudero-Rincón María Lorenza, Arce-Estrada Elsa Miriam, Cabrera-Sierra Román
Departamento de Ingeniería en Metalurgia y Materiales, Instituto Politécnico Nacional (ESIQIE-IPN), UPALM Zacatenco, Ciudad de México 07738, Mexico.
Departamento de Ingeniería de Superficies, Corrosión y Durabilidad, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Metalúrgicas (CENIM-CSIC), Madrid 28040, Spain.
Materials (Basel). 2017 Apr 23;10(4):445. doi: 10.3390/ma10040445.
In an effort to examine the effect of the microstructural changes of the Ti6Al4V alloy, two heat treatments were carried out below (Ti6Al4V) and above (Ti6Al4V) its β-phase transformation temperature. After each treatment, globular and lamellar microstructures were obtained. Saos-2 pre-osteoblast human osteosarcoma cells were seeded onto Ti6Al4V alloy disks and immersed in cell culture for 7 days. Electrochemical assays in situ were performed using OCP and EIS measurements. Impedance data show a passive behavior for the three Ti6Al4V alloys; additionally, enhanced impedance values were recorded for Ti6Al4V and Ti6Al4V alloys. This passive behavior in culture medium is mostly due to the formation of TiO₂ during their sterilization. Biocompatibility and cell adhesion were characterized using the SEM technique; Ti6Al4V as received and Ti6Al4V alloys exhibited polygonal and elongated morphology, whereas Ti6Al4V alloy displayed a spherical morphology. Ti and O elements were identified by EDX analysis due to the TiO₂ and signals of C, N and O, related to the formation of organic compounds from extracellular matrix. These results suggest that cell adhesion is more likely to occur on TiO₂ formed in discrete α-phase regions (hcp) depending on its microstructure (grains).
为了研究Ti6Al4V合金微观结构变化的影响,在低于(Ti6Al4V)和高于(Ti6Al4V)其β相变温度的条件下进行了两种热处理。每次处理后,获得了球状和层状微观结构。将Saos-2人成骨前体细胞接种到Ti6Al4V合金圆盘上,并浸入细胞培养液中7天。使用开路电位(OCP)和电化学阻抗谱(EIS)测量进行原位电化学分析。阻抗数据表明三种Ti6Al4V合金呈现出钝态行为;此外,Ti6Al4V和Ti6Al4V合金记录到了增强的阻抗值。在培养基中的这种钝态行为主要归因于它们在灭菌过程中形成了TiO₂。使用扫描电子显微镜(SEM)技术对生物相容性和细胞黏附进行了表征;原始态的Ti6Al4V和Ti6Al4V合金呈现出多边形和拉长的形态,而Ti6Al4V合金呈现出球形形态。通过能谱分析(EDX)鉴定出了Ti和O元素,这是由于TiO₂以及与细胞外基质中有机化合物形成相关的C、N和O信号。这些结果表明,细胞黏附更有可能发生在离散α相区域(密排六方结构)中形成的TiO₂上,这取决于其微观结构(晶粒)。