Issue 39, 2010
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Chemical Communications

Mystery of the transformation from amorphous calcium phosphate to hydroxyapatite†

Haihua Pan,ab   Xiang Yang Liu,*ac   Ruikang Tangb  and  Hong Yao Xuc  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Physics, National University of Singapore, 2 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117542
E-mail: phyliuxy@nus.edu.sg
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Tel: (+65) 6516 2812

b Department of Chemistry and Centre for Biomaterials and Biopathways, Zhejiang University, 38 Zheda road, Hangzhou 310027, China

c College of Material Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China

Abstract

The process from the amorphous calcium phosphate phase to the hydroxyapatite (HAP) crystalline phase has been captured in a simulated physiological fluid by combining in situ extinction detection and ex situ electronic microscopy. The results reveal the secret of the phase transformation and orientation controls during the initial stage of mineral formation.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C0CC00971G
Article type
Communication
Submitted
16 Apr 2010
Accepted
04 Aug 2010
First published
27 Aug 2010

Chem. Commun., 2010,46, 7415-7417

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Mystery of the transformation from amorphous calcium phosphate to hydroxyapatite

H. Pan, X. Y. Liu, R. Tang and H. Y. Xu, Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 7415 DOI: 10.1039/C0CC00971G

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