Incorporation of tetracarboxylate ions into octacalcium phosphate for the development of next-generation biofriendly materials

Abstract

Octacalcium phosphate is a precursor to a key component of human bone and tooth enamel which can incorporate carboxylate species, but the effect of multivalent carboxylates is not well understood. Here the incorporation of tetracarboxylic acids into OCP is shown to influence the structural and optical properties of the resultant composite.