Table 2.
Textural properties of the glasses as powders, disks, and disks loaded with osteostatin. (SBET: specific surface area; VT: pore volume; DP: pore diameter). On the right, experimental compositions of samples determined by EDX and nominal compositions indicated between brackets are given.
| Powders | Disks | Disks + Osteostatin | Composition (EDX) Atomic % | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SBET (m2/g) | VT (m3/g) | DP (nm) | SBET (m2/g) | VT (m3/g) | DP (nm) | SBET (m2/g) | VT (m3/g) | DP (nm) | SiO2 | CaO | P2O5 | ZnO | |
| BL | 372 | 0.47 | 4.7 | 287 | 0.38 | 4.7 | 244 | 0.32 | 4.6 | 77.0 (80) |
6.1 (5) |
16.8 (15) |
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| 4ZN | 352 | 0.38 | 4.2 | 280 | 0.30 | 3.7 | 221 | 0.24 | 3.6 | 74.3 (77) |
7.0 (4.8) |
14.3 (14.4) |
4.2 (4) |
| 5ZN | 340 | 0.39 | 4.3 | 285 | 0.22 | 3.3 | 208 | 0.17 | 3.1 | 68.1 (76) |
9.2 (4.8) |
17.3 (14.3) |
5.3 (5) |