The Coating of Bovine-Source Hydroxyapatite on Titanium Alloy (Ti-6Al-4V ELI) Using Electrophoretic Deposition for Biomedical Application
Research about the utilization of titanium alloy (Ti-6Al-4V ELI) as implant material in the treatment of orthopedic cases had been increasing. Health problems appear due to the drawbacks of using titanium. The lack of titanium using is bio-inertness characteristic, which decreasing its bioactivity and results in low bone growth and effect for implant failure. The titanium can be modified with coating on the surface using a bioactive substance that is natural-source hydroxyapatite. Bovine-source hydroxyapatite (bovineHA) contains apatite component that is similar to human bone apatite. The coating process was carried out using particle size variation (25 μm, 63 μm, and 125 μm) of bovineHA. The electrophoretic deposition (EPD) method was applied to coat hydroxyapatite with 10 volt for 5 minutes onto the titanium surface. The result showed that different size particles have an effect on coating properties. The coating composed by particle-sized 25 μm has better surface coverage (95.89%), indicating more particle mass (particle weight 6.97x103 μg) attached to surface material, thus resulting thick coating. The good coating characteristic using bovine-source hydroxyapatite with small particle size was expected can be used in biomedical applications due to fulfill the prerequisite of the bone implant.