Funct. Mater. 2025; 32 (3): 348-360.
Self-organization of the structure of bioactive glass-ceramic materials doped with metal ions
O.M. Beketov National University of Urban Economy in Kharkiv, 17 Chornoglazivska Street, Kharkiv,61002, Ukraine
The relevance of the development of biomedical materials science in the direction of creating biomimetic functional materials is analyzed. Promising directions for the use of glass-ceramic materials for biomedical purposes have been identified, allowing the formation of a dissipative structure that self-organizes into heteronanodomains during a solid-phase reaction. The influence of micro- and macroelements on the formation of bone tissue has been established and their choice in the development of bioactive glass-ceramic materials as cofactors for the self-organization of biological structures based on biomineralization has been substantiated.The compositions of glass-ceramic materials based on the Na2O–K2O–Li2O–CaO–ZrO2– TiO2–MgO–ZnO–Al2O3–B2O3–P2O5–Nb2O5–SiO2 system in the area of metastable liquation have been developed. They are characterized by the ratio of CaO/P2O5 = 1.67–1.7 and SiO2/Li2O = 4 and the total content of modifying components of 1.7–3.5 wt. %. The mechanism of phase formation of the developed glasses during low-temperature rapid heat treatment has been established; it consists in the self-organization of clusters based on sybotaxic groups formed in the glass melt during melting, their ordering into nanostructures and the formation of a sitallized structure. The developed high-strength bioactive glass-ceramic materials contain the main crystalline phases (calcium phosphate, lithium aluminosilicates, lithium disilicate, lithium phosphate, diopside) in the amount of 90–95 vol.%, that simultaneously ensures high bioactivity, strength and the ability to form a crack-resistant structure due to nanostructuring, dendritic reinforcement and the exclusion of thermal effects during synthesis.