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SUBMITTER: Dai L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3156482 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Dai Lin L Qi Yi-Pin YP Niu Li-Na LN Liu Yan Y Pucci Cesar R CR Looney Stephen W SW Ling Jun-Qi JQ Pashley David H DH Tay Franklin R FR
Crystal growth & design 20110801 8
Nanocomposites created with polycarboxylic acid alone as a stabilization agent for prenucleation clusters-derived amorphous calcium phosphate exhibit non-periodic apatite deposition. In the present study, we report the use of inorganic polyphosphate as a biomimetic analog of matrix phosphoprotein for directing polyacrylic acid-stabilized amorphous nanoprecursor phases to assemble into periodic apatite-collagen nanocomposites. The sorption and desorption characteristics of sodium tripolyphosphate ...[more]