Transformation of amorphous calcium phosphate to bone-like apatite

Antiope Lotsari; Anand K. Rajasekharan; Mats Halvarsson; Martin Andersson

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-06570-x

Nature Communications (Oct 2018)

Transformation of amorphous calcium phosphate to bone-like apatite

Antiope Lotsari,
Anand K. Rajasekharan,
Mats Halvarsson,
Martin Andersson

Affiliations

Antiope Lotsari: Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology
Anand K. Rajasekharan: Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology
Mats Halvarsson: Department of Physics, Chalmers University of Technology
Martin Andersson: Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06570-x
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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The growth of apatite crystals from amorphous calcium phosphate is an area of intense study. Here, the authors report on the use of high resolution TEM imaging to provide evidence of nucleation clusters in the transformation process

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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