The growth mechanism of apatite nanocrystals assisted by citrate: Relevance to bone biomineralization

Michele Iafisco; Gloria Belén Ramírez-Rodríguez; Yuriy Sakhno; Anna Tampieri; Gianmario Martra; Jaime Gómez-Morales; José Manuel Delgado-López

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The growth mechanism of apatite nanocrystals assisted by citrate: Relevance to bone biomineralization

Michele Iafisco, Gloria Belén Ramírez-Rodríguez, Yuriy Sakhno, Anna Tampieri, Gianmario Martra, Jaime Gómez-Morales, José Manuel Delgado-López

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Here we report that citrate plays a key dual role in the apatite crystallization: driving a growth pathway via an amorphous precursor and controlling the size of nanocrystals by the non-classical oriented aggregation mechanism. These results provide new insights into bone mineralization, where the role of citrate might be wider than has been thought to date.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	507-511
Number of pages	5
Journal	CrystEngComm
Volume	17
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/c4ce01415d
State	Published - Jan 21 2015

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