An infrared study of the interaction of polymethyl methacrylate with the protein and mineral components of bone. | Zendy

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An infrared study of the interaction of polymethyl methacrylate with the protein and mineral components of bone.

Author(s) -

Nancy Pleshko,

Adele L. Boskey,

Richard Mendelsohn

Publication year - 1992

Publication title -

journal of histochemistry and cytochemistry

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1551-5044

pISSN - 0022-1554

DOI - 10.1177/40.9.1506677

Subject(s) - polymethyl methacrylate , absorbance , infrared , infrared spectroscopy , infiltration (hvac) , chemistry , fourier transform infrared spectroscopy , materials science , polymer , composite material , chemical engineering , chromatography , organic chemistry , optics , physics , engineering

We used Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) microscopic mapping techniques to investigate the infiltration of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), a widely used medium for embedding biological tissues, into rat femur sections. Monitoring of the infrared absorbances of the PMMA carbonyl stretch, the protein amide I, and the apatite mineral phosphate stretch over a 225 x 975-microns region of the epiphyseal growth plate region of the rat femur enabled comparison of the relative amount of each component in distinct regions of the tissue. It was found that PMMA penetrates less into regions of greater mineral density and that the frequency of the PMMA carbonyl absorbance from the embedded tissue, 1729 cm-1, is identical to the free PMMA carbonyl frequency. This is consistent with a diffusion mechanism of infiltration of the PMMA, with no specific chemical interaction between the PMMA and the tissue components.

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