Surface Mechanoengineering of a Zr-based Bulk Metallic Glass via Ar-Nanobubble Doping to Probe Cell Sensitivity to Rigid Materials

Huang, Lu; Tian, Mengkun; Wu, Dong; Duscher, Gerd; Liaw, Peter K.; He, Wei

doi:10.1021/acsami.7b12663

Title: Surface Mechanoengineering of a Zr-based Bulk Metallic Glass via Ar-Nanobubble Doping to Probe Cell Sensitivity to Rigid Materials

Journal Article · Fri Nov 24 00:00:00 EST 2017 · ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.7b12663· OSTI ID:1410334

Huang, Lu ^[1];

^[1]; Wu, Dong ^[1]; Duscher, Gerd ^[2]; Liaw, Peter K. ^[1]; He, Wei ^[1]

Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

In this paper, a new materials platform, utilizing the amorphous microstructure of bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) and the versatility of ion implantation, was developed for the fundamental investigation of cell responses to substrate-rigidity variations in the gigapascal modulus range, which was previously unattainable with polymeric materials. The surface rigidity of a Zr-Al- Ni-Cu-Y BMG was modulated with low-energy Ar-ion implantation owing to the impartment of Ar nanobubbles into the amorphous matrix. Surface softening was achieved due to the formation of nanobubble-doped transitional zones in the Zrbased BMG substrate. Bone-forming cell studies on this newly designed platform demonstrated that mechanical cues, accompanied with the potential effects of other surface properties (i.e. roughness, morphology, and chemistry), contributed to modulating cell behaviors. Cell adhesion and actin filaments were found to be less established on less stiff surfaces, especially on the surface with an elastic modulus of 51 GPa. Cell growth appeared to be affected by surface mechanical properties. A lower stiffness was generally related to a higher growth rate. Findings in this study broadened our fundamental understanding concerning the mechanosensing of bone cells on stiff substrates. It also suggests that surface mechano-engineering of metallic materials could be a potential strategy to promote osseointegration of such materials for bone-implant applications. Further investigations are proposed to fine tune the ion implantation variables in order to further distinguish the surface-mechanical effect on bone-forming cell activities from the contributions of other surface properties.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE); USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)

Grant/Contract Number:: FE0008855; FE0011194; NEUP00119262; and FE0024054

OSTI ID:: 1410334

Journal Information:: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, Vol. 9, Issue 50; ISSN 1944-8244

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