Apatites: Crystal Size, Morphology, and Growth Mechanism in Bio-Inspired Apatite Nanocrystals (Adv. Funct. Mater. 8/2014)

Apatites: Crystal Size, Morphology, and Growth Mechanism in Bio-Inspired Apatite Nanocrystals (Adv. Funct. Mater. 8/2014)

Nanocrystalline apatite platelets, the mineral component of bone, form from an amorphous precursor through a complex biomineralization process. Here, A. Guagliardi and co‐workers use citrate‐bio‐inspired apatites as a system model and, by cross‐coupling the results on crystal domains provided by X‐r...

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Veröffentlicht in:Advanced functional materials 2014-02, Vol.24 (8), p.1089-1089
Hauptverfasser: Delgado-López, José Manuel, Frison, Ruggero, Cervellino, Antonio, Gómez-Morales, Jaime, Guagliardi, Antonietta, Masciocchi, Norberto
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Sprache:eng
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atomic force microscopy
biomimetic apatites
crystal growth
total scattering methods
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Zusammenfassung:Nanocrystalline apatite platelets, the mineral component of bone, form from an amorphous precursor through a complex biomineralization process. Here, A. Guagliardi and co‐workers use citrate‐bio‐inspired apatites as a system model and, by cross‐coupling the results on crystal domains provided by X‐ray total scattering modeling with atomic force microscopy observations, they reconstruct the amorphousto‐crystal transformation mechanism and clarify the origin of the platy morphology breaking the hexagonal crystal symmetry.
ISSN:1616-301X
1616-3028
DOI:10.1002/adfm.201470050