Dielectric and electrical conductivity properties of multi-stage spark plasma sintered HA-CaTiO3 composites and comparison with conventionally sintered materials

Dubey, Ashutosh K and Mallik, PK and Kundu, S and Basu, B (2013) Dielectric and electrical conductivity properties of multi-stage spark plasma sintered HA-CaTiO3 composites and comparison with conventionally sintered materials. In: JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN CERAMIC SOCIETY, 33 (15-16). pp. 3445-3453.

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Abstract

One of the different issues limiting the wider application of monolithic hydroxyapatite (HA) as an ideal bone replacement material is the lack of reasonably good electrical transport properties. The comprehensive electrical property characterization to evaluate the efficacy of processing parameters in achieving the desired combination of electroactive properties is considered as an important aspect in the development of HA-based bioactive material. In this perspective, the present work reports the temperature (RT-200 degrees C) and frequency (100 Hz-1 MHz) dependent dielectric properties and AC conductivity for a range of HA-CaTiO3 (HA-CT) composites, densified using both conventional pressureless sintering in air as well as spark plasma sintering in vacuum. Importantly, the AC conductivity of spark plasma sintered ceramics similar to upto 10(-5) (Omega cm)(-1)] are found to be considerably higher than the corresponding pressureless sintered ceramics similar to upto 10(-8) (Omega cm)(-1)]. Overall, the results indicate the processing route dependent functional properties of HA-CaTiO3 composites as well as related advantages of spark plasma sintering route. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN CERAMIC SOCIETY
Publisher:	ELSEVIER SCI LTD
Additional Information:	Copyright for this article belongs to Elesvier
Keywords:	Hydroxyapatite; Calcium titanate; Spark plasma sintering; Dielectric properties
Department/Centre:	Division of Chemical Sciences > Materials Research Centre
Date Deposited:	29 Oct 2013 05:53
Last Modified:	29 Oct 2013 05:53
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/47606

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