Crystal structure and chemical composition of biomimetric calcium phosphate nanofibers
- Calcium phosphate nanofibers with a diameter of only a few nanometers and a cotton-ball-like aggregate morphology have been reported several times in the literature. Although fiber formation seems reproducible in a variety of conditions, the crystal structure and chemical composition of the fibers have been elusive. Using scanning transmission electron microscopy, low dose electron (nano)diffraction, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, and energy- filtered transmission electron microscopy, we have assigned crystal structures and chemical compositions to the fibers. Moreover, we demonstrate that the mineralization process yields true polymer/calcium phosphate hybrid materials where the block copolymer template is closely associated with the calcium phosphate.
| Author details: | Mathias Junginger, Christian Kübel, Felix H. Schacher, Axel H. E. Müller, Andreas TaubertORCiDGND |
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| URL: | http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2013/ra/c3ra23348k |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1039/c3ra23348k |
| Publication type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Year of first publication: | 2013 |
| Publication year: | 2013 |
| Release date: | 2017/03/25 |
| Source: | RSC Advances. - 3 (2013), 28, S. 11301 - 11308 |
| Organizational units: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Chemie |
