TY - JOUR A1 - Paskin, A. A1 - Couasnon, T. A1 - Perez, J. P. H. A1 - Lobanov, S. S. A1 - Blukis, R. A1 - Reinsch, Stefan A1 - Benning, L. G. T1 - Nucleation and Crystallization of Ferrous Phosphate Hydrate via an Amorphous Intermediate N2 - The fundamental processes of nucleation and crystallization are widely observed in systems relevant to material synthesis and biomineralization; yet most often, their mechanism remains unclear. In this study, we unravel the discrete stages of nucleation and crystallization of Fe3(PO4)2·8H2O (vivianite). We experimentally monitored the formation and transformation from ions to solid products by employing correlated, time-resolved in situ and ex situ approaches. We show that vivianite crystallization occurs in distinct stages via a transient amorphous precursor phase. The metastable amorphous ferrous phosphate (AFEP) intermediate could be isolated and stabilized. We resolved the differences in bonding environments, structure, and symmetric changes of the Fe site during the transformation of AFEP to crystalline vivianite through synchrotron X-ray absorption spectroscopy at the Fe K-edge. This intermediate AFEP phase has a lower water content and less distorted local symmetry, compared to the crystalline end product vivianite. Our combined results indicate that a nonclassical, hydration-induced nucleation and transformation driven by the incorporation and rearrangement of water molecules and ions (Fe2+ and PO4 3−) within the AFEP is the dominating mechanism of vivianite formation at moderately high to low vivianite supersaturations (saturation index ≤ 10.19). We offer fundamental insights into the aqueous, amorphous-to-crystalline transformations in the Fe2+−PO4 system and highlight the different attributes of the AFEP, compared to its crystalline counterpart. KW - Nucleation KW - Crystallization KW - Vivianite KW - Ferrous phosphate hydrate PY - 2023 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-580696 DO - https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c01494 SN - 0002-7863 VL - 145 IS - 28 SP - 15137 EP - 15151 PB - ACS Publications AN - OPUS4-58069 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Nawaz, Q. A1 - Blaeß, Carsten A1 - Mueller, Ralf A1 - Boccaccini, A.R. T1 - Processing and cytocompatibility of Cu-doped and undoped fluoride-containing bioactive glasses N2 - Sintered or additive-manufactured bioactive glass (BG) scaffolds are highly interesting for bone replacement applications. However, crystallization often limits the high-temperature processability of bioactive glasses (BGs). Thus, the BG composition must combine high bioactivity and processability. In this study, three BGs with nominal molar (%) compositions 54.6SiO2-1.7P2O3-22.1CaO-6.0Na2O-7.9K2O-7.7MgO (13–93), 44.8SiO2-2.5P2O3-36.5CaO-6.6Na2O-6.6K2O-3.0CaF2 (F3) and 44.8SiO2-2.5P2O3-35.5CaO-6.6Na2O-6.6K2O-3.0CaF2-1.0CuO (F3–Cu) were investigated. The dissolution and ion release kinetics were investigated on milled glass powder and crystallized particles (500–600 μm). All glasses showed the precipitation of hydroxyapatite (HAp) crystals after 7 days of immersion in simulated body fluid. No significant differences in ion release from glass and crystalline samples were detected. The influence of surface roughness on cytocompatibility and growth of preosteoblast cells (MC3T3-E1) was investigated on sintered and polished BG pellets. Results showed that sintered BG pellets were cytocompatible, and cells were seen to be well attached and spread on the surface after 5 days of incubation. The results showed an inverse relation of cell viability with the surface roughness of pellets, and cells were seen to attach and spread along the direction of scratches. KW - Bioactive glass KW - Crystallization KW - Solubility KW - Cytocompatibility KW - Surface roughness PY - 2024 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-598257 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceram.2024.100586 SN - 2666-5395 VL - 18 SP - 1 EP - 8 PB - Elsevier Ltd. AN - OPUS4-59825 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ivanov, V.V. A1 - Tielemann, Christopher A1 - Avramova, K. A1 - Reinsch, Stefan A1 - Tonchev, V. T1 - Modelling crystallization: When the normal growth velocity depends on the supersaturation N2 - The crystallization proceeds by the advance of the crystal faces into the disordered phase at the expense of the material excess, the supersaturation. Using a conservation constraint for the transformation ratio α∈[0,1] as complementing the rescaled supersaturation to 1 and a kinetic law for the normal growth velocity as function of the supersaturation raised to power g, the growth order, we derive an equation for the rate of transformation dα/dt. We integrate it for the six combinations of the three spatial dimensions D = 1, 2, 3 and the two canonical values of g = 1, 2 towards obtaining expressions for αDg. The same equation, with g = 1 and D = n (n is the so called Avrami exponent) is obtained when taking only the linear in α term from the Taylor’s expansion around α = 0 of the model equation of Johnson-Mehl-Avrami-Kolmogorov (JMAK). We verify our model by fitting datasets of α21 and α31 (from α = 0 to αupper = 0.999) with JMAK to obtain from the fit n = 1.725, 2.43, resp. We show further how the values of n depend on the value of αupper to which the fit is performed starting always from 0. Towards building a validation protocol, we start with validating α21 with published results. KW - Crystallization KW - Supersaturation KW - Growth kinetics KW - Growth rate KW - JMAK model PY - 2023 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-581706 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpcs.2023.111542 SN - 0022-3697 VL - 181 SP - 1 EP - 10 PB - Elsevier Ltd. AN - OPUS4-58170 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Heuser, Lina A1 - Nofz, Marianne A1 - Müller, Ralf T1 - Alkali and alkaline earth zinc and lead borate glasses: Sintering and crystallization N2 - Glasses in the systems Me2O-ZnO-B2O3 with Me = Li, Na, K, Rb (MeZB), Na2O-ZnO-CuO-B2O3 (NZCuB), CaO-ZnO-B2O3 (CaZB), and Li2O-PbO-B2O3 (LPbB) as a reference, were studied by differential thermal analysis, dilatometry, rotational viscometry, and heating microscopy. A decrease of viscosity and sintering range was found with decreasing number of fourfold coordinated boron. The viscosity of the alkali zinc borate glasses varies only slightly. LPbB and CaZB stand out by their reduced and increased viscosities, respectively. Sodium, potassium, and calcium zinc borate glasses possess a fragility above 76. All glasses were sintered to full density before crystallization. Mostly binary zinc borate phases govern crystallization. A ternary crystalline phase was detected only in the potassium containing sample. The Weinberg glass stability parameter ranges between 0.07 and 0.12. This is caused by the presence of several crystalline phases and varying melting points of even the same crystalline phase in different glass matrices. KW - Alkali zinc borate glasses KW - Lead borate glasses KW - Viscosity KW - Sintering KW - Crystallization KW - Fragility PY - 2022 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-556128 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nocx.2022.100116 SN - 2590-1591 VL - 15 SP - 1 EP - 8 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-55612 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Heuser, Lina T1 - Sintering of silver‑alkali zinc borate glass‑composites N2 - Since decades electric contacts based on silver metallization pastes are key components of photovoltaics and advanced microelectronics. For the metallization of commercial Si solar cells, high conductive silver glass pastes are cost effectively applicated by screen printing. Nevertheless, silver pastes are still one of the most crucial and expensive none Si materials in solar cells. Ever shorter time to market as well as increasing demands on reduced Ag consumption and line width require the targeted development of silver-glass-pastes with increased sinter ability and electrical conductivity. As a main difficulty, however, the liquid phase sintering of silver glass pastes is poorly understood so far. In the present study, the influence of different network modifier in alkali-zinc-borate paste glasses on liquid phase sintering of silver-glass-pastes was investigated. Low melting X2O-ZnO-B2O3 glasses with X = Na, Li and Rb (abbr. LZB, NZB, and RZB) were utilized to prepare silver-glass-composites containing 30 %Vol glass. Shrinkage behavior of the silver-glass-composites compared with that of pure silver and pure glass powder compacts was studied with heating microscopy. The powder compacts were uniaxially pressed and heated at 5 K/min to the glass softening temperature. Glass transformation temperature and viscosity of the glasses were respectively measured with dilatometry and rotational viscometry. The thermal behavior of the pure glasses was analyzed with thermal analysis. Additionally, the contact angle of glass on pure silver foil was determined by means of heating microscopy between room temperature and 830 °C. Thermal analysis of the alkali-zinc-borate-glasses under study has shown transformation temperatures between 450 °C (RZB), 460 °C (LZB) and 465 °C (NZB). For all glasses crystallization was found to start approximately at about 550 °C. However, different peak areas hint on a different degree of crystallization. Conformingly, the sintering behavior, measured in terms of area shrinkage, significantly differed for the silver-pastes under study. For silver-pastes with NZB or LZB-glass, sintering starts at 464 °C for NZB Ag pastes and at 451 °C for LZB Ag pastes and ends at 597 °C for NZB Ag paste and at 594 °C for LZB Ag paste. The sintering of the RZB Ag paste proceeds between 426 °C and 703 °C. The final densification was retarded possibly due to crystallization or swelling. The low sinter onset at 426 °C seems to correlate with the good wetting behavior of the RZB glass. Thus, the lowest apparent contact angle between the just densified powder compact sintered at a silver substrate was found for this glass. Moreover, microstructure analyses of the various composites indicate differences in silver dissolution and reprecipitation. T2 - Technology Crossover Extravaganza, HiTEC/CICMT/APEPS CY - Online meeting DA - 26.04.2021 KW - Silver-glass-metallization-paste KW - Sintering KW - Crystallization KW - Alkali ions KW - Sintering atmosphere PY - 2021 AN - OPUS4-52872 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Blaeß, Carsten A1 - Müller, Ralf A1 - Boccaccini, A. R. T1 - Sintering and crystallization kinetics of bioactive glass 13-93 N2 - This study investigates the sintering and crystallization behavior and kinetic of the bioactive glass (BG) 13–93 with nominal composition (in mol%): 54.6 SiO2 - 1.7 P2O3 - 22.1 CaO - 6.0 Na2O - 7.9 K2O - 7.7 MgO. Sintering and crystallization were investigated non-isothermally for various particle size fractions smaller than 315 μm as well as for bulk samples. Densification was not hindered by the presence of crystalline phases across all particle size fractions. Afterwards, wollastonite was found as the dominant crystal phase at higher temperature which resorb primary surface precipitation-like quartz crystallites. The growth direction shifts into volume when the sample surface is nearly covered. The crystal growth rate of wollastonite was calculated from the crystalline surface layer thickness measured during heating. The findings of this study are relevant for the high temperature processing of BG 13–93. KW - Bioactive glass KW - Sintering KW - Crystallization PY - 2024 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2023.122790 SN - 0022-3093 VL - 627 SP - 1 EP - 7 PB - Elsevier AN - OPUS4-59337 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Blaeß, Carsten A1 - Müller, Ralf T1 - Sintering and foaming of bioactive glasses N2 - Sintering, crystallization, and foaming of 44.8SiO2–2.5P2O3–36.5CaO–6.6Na2O–6.6K2O–3.0CaF2 (F3) and 54.6SiO2–1.7P2O3–22.1CaO–6.0Na2O–7.9K2O–7.7MgO (13–93) bioactive glass powders milled in isopropanol and CO2 were studied via heating microscopy, differential thermal analysis, vacuum hot extraction (VHE), Infrared spectroscopy, and time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry. Full densification was reached in any case and followed by significant foaming. VHE studies show that foaming is driven by carbon gases and carbonates were detected by Infrared spectroscopy to provide the major foaming source. Carbonates could be detected even after heating to 750◦C, which hints on a thermally very stable species or mechanical trapping. Otherwise, dark gray compact colors for milling in isopropanol indicate the presence of residual carbon as well. Its significant contribution to foaming, however, could not be proved and might be limited by the diffusivity of oxygen needed for carbon oxidation to carbon gas. KW - Bioactive Glass KW - Crystallization KW - Foaming KW - Sintering PY - 2022 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-552454 DO - https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.18626 SN - 0002-7820 SP - 1 EP - 11 PB - Wiley online library AN - OPUS4-55245 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Blaeß, Carsten A1 - Boccaccini, A. R. A1 - Müller, Ralf T1 - Sintering and Crystallization of Fluoride-Containing Bioactive Glass F3 N2 - The fluoride-containing bioactive glass F3 with nominal composition (mol%) 44.8 SiO2 - 2.5 P2O3 - 36.5 CaO - 6.6 Na2O - 6.6 K2O - 3.0 CaF2 is a highly promising candidate for bone replacement applications. Its strong crystallization tendency, however, requires a thorough understanding of the interplay between glass powder particle size, surface crystallization, and sintering. Therefore, this study characterizes the sintering and crystallization of bulk specimens and various particle size fractions by differential thermal-analysis, laser scanning, electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, and Infrared spectroscopy. Particle size fractions < 56 µm were found to fully densify, while crystals growing from the glass particle surface retard sintering of coarser fractions. Small amounts of a non-stoichiometrically calcium phosphosilicate (Ca14.92(PO4)2.35(SiO4)5.65) occurs as the primary crystal phase followed by combeite (Na4Ca4[Si6O18]) as a temporarily dominating phase. The surface crystallization of both pha­ses was found to be mainly responsible for sinter retardation. During later stages of crystallization, additional phases such as cuspidine (Ca4F2Si2O7) and silicorhenanite (Na2Ca4(PO4)2SiO4) occur, but finally monoclinic wollastonite (CaSiO3) forms as the dominant phase. KW - Bioactive Glass KW - Sintering KW - Crystallization PY - 2025 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-632482 DO - https://doi.org/10.52825/glass-europe.v3i.2564 SN - 2940-8830 VL - 3 SP - 105 EP - 124 AN - OPUS4-63248 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Blaeß, Carsten T1 - Binder jetting of crystallizing bioactive glass powders N2 - Customized artificial bone replacement implants made of resorbable bioactive glass (BG) have not yet become widely accepted in clinical use. This is mainly due to the contrariness of sintering ability and appropriate bioactivity. Concurrent crystallization often prevents the generation of dense sinter bodies, especially for additive manufactured 3D scaffolds. The presented study investigates the limits and advantages of crystallization of powder compacts manufactured by binder jetting and uniaxial pressing for different particle size fractions (psf) of two BGs. T2 - CeramicAM 2024 - 1º CY - Sao Paulo, Brasil DA - 19.09.2024 KW - Bioactive glass KW - Sintering KW - Crystallization KW - Additive manufacturing PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-62594 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Blaeß, Carsten T1 - Undesired Foaming of Silicate Glass Powders N2 - The manufacture of sintered glasses and glass-ceramics, glass matrix composites, and glass-bounded ceramics or pastes is often affected by un-expected gas bubble formation also named foaming. Against this background, in this presentation the main aspects and possible reasons of foaming are shown for completely different glass powders: a barium silicate glass powders used as SOFC sealants, and bioactive glass powders using different powder milling procedures. Sintering and foaming were measured by means of heating microscopy backed up by XRD, differential thermal analysis (DTA), vacuum hot extraction (VHE), optical and electron microscopy, and infrared spectroscopy, and time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS). Different densification was reached followed by significant foaming starting partly immediately, partly at higher temperature. Foaming increased significantly as milling progressed. For moderately milled glass powders, subsequent storage in air could also promote foaming. Although the milling atmosphere significantly affects the foaming of uniaxially pressed powder compacts sintered in air. VHE studies show that foaming is driven by carbon gases and carbonates were detected by Infrared spectroscopy to provide the major foaming source. Carbonates could be detected even after heating to 750 °C, which hints on a thermally very stable species or mechanical trapping or encapsulating of CO2. Otherwise, dark gray compact colors for milling in isopropanol indicate the presence of residual carbon as well. Its significant contribution to foaming, however, could not be proved and might be limited by the diffusivity of oxygen needed for carbon oxidation to carbon gas. T2 - Seminário de Laboratório de Materiais Vítreos (LaMaV) de Departamento de Engenharia de Materiais (DEMa), Universidade Federal São Carlos UFSCar) CY - Saint Charles, Brazil DA - 06.06.2024 KW - Bioactive KW - Foaming KW - Glass KW - Crystallization KW - Viscose sintering PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-60245 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -