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Positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy of nano/macroporous bioactive glasses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 August 2012

Roman Golovchak*
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania18015-3195
Shaojie Wang
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania18015-3195
Himanshu Jain
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania18015-3195
Adam Ingram
Affiliation:
Department of Physics of Opole University of Technology, Opole, PL-45370, Poland
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a)Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Positron annihilation lifetime measurements are performed for sol–gel-derived 70 mol% SiO2–30 mol% CaO bioactive glass. Strong positronium formation processes are shown to be an inherent feature for these kinds of materials. Observed orthopositronium (o-Ps) lifetimes show a three-modal distribution with lifetime values weighed at ∼2, ∼18, and ∼70 ns. The exposure of the investigated sol–gel-derived bioactive glasses to water vapor significantly modifies o-Ps lifetime distribution due to the penetration of water molecules into the nanopores, indicating high ratio of their interconnectivity. Classic Tao–Eldrup equation is used to relate the o-Ps lifetimes with the size of nanopores, whose distribution is verified by nitrogen adsorption porosimetry.

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