The effect of vanadium ferrite doping on the bioactivity of mesoporous bioactive glass-ceramics.

Bioactive glasses are highly reactive surface materials synthesized by melting or sol-gel techniques. In this study, mesoporous bioactive glass-ceramics doped with different amounts of vanadium and iron ((60-( + )) SiO-36CaO-4PO-VO-FeO, and between 0, 5 and, 10 mole%) were synthesized using a sol-gel method. Then, their effects on particle morphology and the biomineralization process were examined in simulated body fluid (SBF).