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Millán-Ramos B, Morquecho-Marín D, Silva-Bermudez P, Ramírez-Ortega D, Depablos-Rivera O, García-López J, Fernández-Lizárraga M, Almaguer-Flores A, Victoria-Hernández J, Letzig D, Rodil SE. Degradation Behavior and Mechanical Integrity of a Mg-0.7Zn-0.6Ca (wt.%) Alloy: Effect of Grain Sizes and Crystallographic Texture. Materials (Basel) 2022; 15:ma15093142. [PMID: 35591473 PMCID: PMC9102660 DOI: 10.3390/ma15093142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2022] [Revised: 04/08/2022] [Accepted: 04/22/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
Abstract
The microstructural characteristics of biodegradable Mg alloys determine their performance and appropriateness for orthopedic fixation applications. In this work, the effect of the annealing treatment of a Mg-0.7Zn-0.6Ca (ZX11) alloy on the mechanical integrity, corrosive behavior, and biocompatibility-osteoinduction was studied considering two annealing temperatures, 350 and 450 °C. The microstructure showed a recrystallized structure, with a lower number of precipitates, grain size, and stronger basal texture for the ZX11-350 condition than the ZX11-450. The characteristics mentioned above induce a higher long-term degradation rate for the ZX11-450 than the ZX11-350 on days 7th and 15th of immersion. In consequence, the mechanical integrity changes within this period. The increased degradation rate of the ZX11-450 condition reduces 40% the elongation at failure, in contrast with the 16% reduction for the ZX11-350 condition. After that period, the mechanical integrity remained unchanged. No cytotoxic effects were observed for both treatments and significant differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells into the osteoblast phenotype was observed.
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Affiliation(s)
- Benjamin Millán-Ramos
- Instituto de Investigaciones en Materiales, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City 04510, Mexico; (D.R.-O.); (O.D.-R.); (S.E.R.)
- Posgrado en Ciencia e Ingeniería de Materiales, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City 04510, Mexico
- Correspondence: (B.M.-R.); (J.V.-H.)
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- Unidad de Ingeniería de Tejidos, Terapia Celular y Medicina Regenerativa, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra, Mexico City 14389, Mexico; (D.M.-M.); (P.S.-B.); (J.G.-L.); (M.F.-L.)
- Posgrado en Ciencias Médicas, Odontológicas y de la Salud, Ciencias Odontológicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City 14389, Mexico
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- Unidad de Ingeniería de Tejidos, Terapia Celular y Medicina Regenerativa, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra, Mexico City 14389, Mexico; (D.M.-M.); (P.S.-B.); (J.G.-L.); (M.F.-L.)
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Materiales, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City 04510, Mexico; (D.R.-O.); (O.D.-R.); (S.E.R.)
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Materiales, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City 04510, Mexico; (D.R.-O.); (O.D.-R.); (S.E.R.)
- Departamento de Ingeniería Metalúrgica, Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City 04510, Mexico
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- Unidad de Ingeniería de Tejidos, Terapia Celular y Medicina Regenerativa, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra, Mexico City 14389, Mexico; (D.M.-M.); (P.S.-B.); (J.G.-L.); (M.F.-L.)
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- Unidad de Ingeniería de Tejidos, Terapia Celular y Medicina Regenerativa, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra, Mexico City 14389, Mexico; (D.M.-M.); (P.S.-B.); (J.G.-L.); (M.F.-L.)
- Posgrado de Doctorado en Ciencias en Biomedicina y Biotecnología Molecular, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico City 11340, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Biointerfaces, Facultad de Odontología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City 04510, Mexico;
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- Institute of Material and Process Design, Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, 21502 Geesthacht, Germany;
- Correspondence: (B.M.-R.); (J.V.-H.)
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- Institute of Material and Process Design, Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, 21502 Geesthacht, Germany;
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Materiales, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City 04510, Mexico; (D.R.-O.); (O.D.-R.); (S.E.R.)
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Arana-Trenado JA, Ramírez-Ortega D, Serrano-Lázaro A, Hernández-Gordillo A, Rodil SE, Bizarro M. Synergistic photocatalytic effect of BiOBr-BiOI heterojunctions due to appropriate layer stacking. Dalton Trans 2022; 51:2413-2427. [PMID: 35048098 DOI: 10.1039/d1dt03782j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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The increasing interest in acquiring efficient visible-light active photocatalytic materials has led to the formation of heterojunctions with different combinations of semiconductors. Despite the fact that increasingly more complex structures are proposed, there are still many unclear factors affecting their performance and limiting their prompt implementation. In this work, we used the spray pyrolysis technique to deposit individual visible light-active BiOBr and BiOI films and formed the heterojunctions BiOBr-BiOI and BiOI-BiOBr to determine the effect of the stacking order of semiconductors. These materials were widely characterized; their structural, optical, (photo)electrochemical, and photocatalytic properties were evaluated, revealing that the configuration BiOI-BiOBr boosted the photocatalytic indigo carmine dye removal under simulated sunlight irradiation, but the opposite layout quenched it. The high efficiency is attributed to a better use of the incident radiation and the effective migration of the photogenerated carriers. BiOBr - with a wider band gap and a less negative conduction band with respect to BiOI - provides its good attributes to the heterostructure, such as high stability and low recombination rates, when it is at the surface. We demonstrated that in thin-film heterostructures, the order in which the layers are stacked becomes decisive for the photocatalytic performance and that the energy band gap and the relative band positions of both semiconductors are the principal features that govern the photocatalytic mechanism. These findings provide a key to designing more efficient photocatalysts without several unsuccessful trials.
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- J Alejandro Arana-Trenado
- Instituto de Investigaciones en Materiales, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Circuito Exterior S/N, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, Ciudad de México, 04510, Mexico.
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- Instituto de Ciencias Aplicadas y Tecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Circuito Exterior S/N, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, Ciudad de México, 04510, Mexico
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Materiales, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Circuito Exterior S/N, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, Ciudad de México, 04510, Mexico.
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Materiales, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Circuito Exterior S/N, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, Ciudad de México, 04510, Mexico.
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Materiales, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Circuito Exterior S/N, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, Ciudad de México, 04510, Mexico.
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Materiales, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Circuito Exterior S/N, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, Ciudad de México, 04510, Mexico.
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Guerrero-Araque D, Ramírez-Ortega D, Calderon HA, Saniger JM, Gómez R. Effect of Co-catalyst (CuO, CoO or NiO) on Bi2O3–TiO2 Structures and Its Impact on the Photocatalytic Reduction of 4-nitrophenol. Top Catal 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s11244-020-01335-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Durán-Álvarez J, Del Angel R, Ramírez-Ortega D, Guerrero-Araque D, Zanella R. An alternative method for the synthesis of functional Au/WO3 materials and their use in the photocatalytic production of hydrogen. Catal Today 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2018.09.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Guerrero-Araque D, Ramírez-Ortega D, Acevedo-Peña P, Tzompantzi F, Calderón HA, Gómez R. Interfacial charge-transfer process across ZrO2-TiO2 heterojunction and its impact on photocatalytic activity. J Photochem Photobiol A Chem 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2016.11.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Guerrero-Araque D, Acevedo-Peña P, Ramírez-Ortega D, Gómez R. Improving photocatalytic reduction of 4-nitrophenol over ZrO2–TiO2 by synergistic interaction between methanol and sulfite ions. NEW J CHEM 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7nj02260c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Reaction rate for 4-nitrophenol photoreduction over ZrO2–TiO2 increases 19 times due to the synergistic interaction between methanol and sulfite ions.
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- CONACyT-Centro de Investigación en Ciencia Aplicada y Tecnología Avanzada-Unidad Legaria, IPN
- Mexico City
- Mexico
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- Centro de Ciencias Aplicadas y Desarrollo Tecnológico, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Exterior S/N, Ciudad Universitaria
- Coyoacán 04510
- Mexico
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- Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Departamento de Química
- Mexico City
- Mexico
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González Esquivel D, Ramírez-Ortega D, Pineda B, Castro N, Ríos C, Pérez de la Cruz V. Kynurenine pathway metabolites and enzymes involved in redox reactions. Neuropharmacology 2017; 112:331-345. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2016.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2015] [Revised: 02/28/2016] [Accepted: 03/06/2016] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Reyes-Ocampo J, Ramírez-Ortega D, Vázquez Cervantes G, Pineda B, Montes de Oca Balderas P, González-Esquivel D, Sánchez-Chapul L, Lugo-Huitrón R, Silva-Adaya D, Ríos C, Jiménez-Anguiano A, Pérez-de la Cruz V. Mitochondrial dysfunction related to cell damage induced by 3-hydroxykynurenine and 3-hydroxyanthranilic acid: Non-dependent-effect of early reactive oxygen species production. Neurotoxicology 2015; 50:81-91. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2015.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2015] [Revised: 07/16/2015] [Accepted: 08/03/2015] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Ramírez-Ortega D, Meléndez AM, Acevedo-Peña P, González I, Arroyo R. Semiconducting properties of ZnO/TiO2 composites by electrochemical measurements and their relationship with photocatalytic activity. Electrochim Acta 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2014.06.060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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