Mechanism of interaction among nanocrystalline carbonate-substituted hydroxyapatite and polar amino-acids for the biomimetic composite technology: Spectroscopic and structural study

Abstract

This study investigated changes in the interaction of B-type non-stoichiometric nanocrystalline carbonate-substituted hydroxyapatite (nano-CHAP) with polar amino acids (AA) with respect to CHAP-AA linking. Molecular vibrational spectroscopy revealed for the first time that the surface interaction of polar amino acids with defective nano-CHAP is determined not only by the charge state of AA but can be mediated by a foreign ion conjugated with the lateral bonds of amino acids. Understanding this mechanism of CHAP-AA interaction is required for the development of the new generation of dental biomimetic materials based on HAP as well as for their qualitative integration with the amino acid matrix of the dental tissues.

Keywords

• Biomimetic composite
• Polar amino acids
• Nanocrystalline carbonate-substituted hydroxyapatite
• Mechanism of the interaction
• Foreign ion
• Molecular vibrational spectroscopy