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Nanoscale, 2009, 1, 229 - 232, DOI: 10.1039/b9nr00062c

An organic matrix-mediated processing methodology to fabricate hydroxyapatite based nanostructured biocomposites

Prakash Hariram Kithva, Lisbeth Grøndahl, Rajendra Kumar, Darren Martin and Matt Trau

An amorphous calcium phosphate precursor phase, which forms by adding orthophosphoric acid to a calcium hydroxide suspension, is transformed into crystalline hydroxyapatite by introducing polymer solutions. The nanostructured composite films formed by a solvent casting technique from the concentrated hybrid suspension are characterised for structure and mechanical properties.

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