Mesoscopically ordered bone-mimetic nanocomposites.

He, Wen-Xiao; Rajasekharan, Anand K; Tehrani-Bagha, Ali R; Andersson, Martin · Adv Mater · 2015

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

A sustainable approach that highly mimics bone-material deposition is reported to produce mechanically stable, degradable composites with nanostructures resembling that of natural bone. Molecular self-assembly combining intermolecular crosslinking leads to resilient matrices possessing long-range ordered aqueous domains, inside which moderately aligned poorly crystalline apatite is converted from the transient amorphous calcium phosphate phase.

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