Preparation, Characterization and Optical Analysis of Chromium Doped 45S Bioactive Glass-Ceramic

Abstract

The 45S Bioactive glass-ceramic (BG) and Chromium (Cr)-doped BG materials were successfully produced in this study. XRD, FTIR, and ICP-MS techniques were used to characterize the prepared materials. The XRD testing showed that all samples contained pure BG. Increased Cr ion inclusion shifted the BG diffraction peaks to a lower value of 2 Theta and increased crystallinity. FTIR was used to detect Si-O, P-O, and Ca-O functional groups. Cr ions steadily decreased the Ca-vibration mode area. The ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometry was used to measure the optical characteristics of pure and Cr BG-doped materials. The Cr-doped BG was green in colour, whereas the lab-synthesized BG was white. Two additional bands formed at 433 and 615 nm when Cr ions were doped into the BG structure. These bands may be caused by 4A2 → 4T1 and 4A2 → 4T2 electronic d-d transitions. The findings show that biomedical applications may exist for fluorescent probes manufactured from Cr-BG materials.