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ArticleJournal of functional biomaterials2025

Silicon Nitride Bioceramics with TiC Additives: Excellent Mechanical Properties, Cytocompatibility, and Antibacterial Properties.

Zhebin Lou, Jiayu He, Yuandong Liu, Hanxu Zhu, Xiaofeng Zeng, Zulaikha Abid

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Article in Journal of functional biomaterials, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors.

Zhebin LouSchool of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China.ORCID 0009-0004-5458-6411
Jiayu HeSchool of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China.
Yuandong LiuSchool of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China.ORCID 0000-0002-4539-8708
Hanxu ZhuSchool of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China.
Xiaofeng ZengHengyang Kaixin Special Material Technology Co., Ltd., Hengyang 421200, China.
Zulaikha AbidSchool of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China.

Funding

Bidding for Selecting Best Candidates for China National Biomedical Materials Innovation Task from Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China [2025] No. 422Changsha Municipal Natural Science Foundation No. kq2202084Changsha Municipal Natural Science Foundation No. kq2402202Furong Plan Science and Technology Innovation Leading Talent Project Fund 2025RC1078Hunan Province Silicon Nitride Composite Materials Engineering Technology Research Center Project Fund 2023TP2105National Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Advanced Basic Process Talent Project Fund 0101830459
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Abstract

Silicon nitride is a type of bioceramic with great application potential. However, the brittleness of silicon nitride can be addressed through toughening. In this study, various proportions of TiC were incorporated into the sintering additive system to explore the effects of different amounts of TiC on the mechanical properties, cell compatibility, and antibacterial properties of silicon nitride. Silicon nitride was prepared by gas pressure sintering, with TiC addition amounts of 3%, 5%, 8%, and 13% wt. Among the four types of silicon nitride, the mechanical properties of silicon nitride with 3% and 5% wt TiC addition were improved, with the flexural strength and fracture toughness of the former being 571 MPa and 8.35 MPa·m

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antibacterial propertycytocompatibilitymechanical propertiessilicon nitrideTiC

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PMID41590788
PMCPMC12842061

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