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SUBMITTER: Niu LN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3824251 | biostudies-literature | 2013 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Niu Li-Na LN Jiao Kai K Ryou Heonjune H Diogenes Anibal A Yiu Cynthia K Y CKY Mazzoni Annalisa A Chen Ji-Hua JH Arola Dwayne D DD Hargreaves Kenneth M KM Pashley David H DH Tay Franklin R FR
Biomacromolecules 20130426 5
Unlike man-made composite materials, natural biominerals containing composites usually demonstrate different levels of sophisticated hierarchical structures which are responsible for their mechanical properties and other metabolic functions. However, the complex spatial organizations of the organic-inorganic phases are far beyond what they achieved by contemporary engineering techniques. Here, we demonstrate that carbonated apatite present in collagen matrices derived from fish scale and bovine ...[more]