Issue 52, 2012
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Chemical Communications

A block copolymer micelle template for synthesis of hollow calcium phosphate nanospheres with excellent biocompatibility†

Bishnu Prasad Bastakoti,a   Masamichi Inuoe,b   Shin-ichi Yusa,b   Shih-Hsiang Liao,c   Kevin C.-W. Wu,*cd   Kenichi Nakashima*e  and  Yusuke Yamauchi*afg  

* Corresponding authors

a World Premier International (WPI) Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
E-mail: Yamauchi.Yusuke@nims.go.jp

b Department of Materials Science and Chemistry, University of Hyogo, 2167 Shosha, Himeji 671-2280, Japan

c Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
E-mail: kevinwu@ntu.edu.tw

d Division of Medical Engineering Research, National Health Research Institutes, 35 Keyan Road, Zhunan, Miaoli County 350, Taiwan

e Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Saga University, 1 Honjo-machi, Saga 840-8502, Japan
E-mail: nakashik@cc.saga-u.ac.jp

f PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Saitama, Japan

g Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan

Abstract

We report synthesis of hollow calcium phosphate (CaP) nanospheres with high surface area by using block copolymer micelles as templates. The obtained CaP nanospheres exhibit very high biocompatibility, showing great promise for intracellular bio-applications in future.

Graphical abstract: A block copolymer micelle template for synthesis of hollow calcium phosphate nanospheres with excellent biocompatibility

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CC32279J
Article type
Communication
Submitted
29 Mar 2012
Accepted
07 May 2012
First published
24 May 2012

Chem. Commun., 2012,48, 6532-6534

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A block copolymer micelle template for synthesis of hollow calcium phosphate nanospheres with excellent biocompatibility

B. P. Bastakoti, M. Inuoe, S. Yusa, S. Liao, K. C.-W. Wu, K. Nakashima and Y. Yamauchi, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 6532 DOI: 10.1039/C2CC32279J

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