Preferential alignment of hydroxyapatite crystallites in nanocomposites with chemically disintegrated silk fibroin

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 259-265

  Nemoto, Rei ^a   Wang, Li ^a   Ikoma, Toshiyuki ^b   Tanaka, Junzo ^b   Senna, Mamoru ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Disintegration; Hydroxyapatite nanocrystal; Nanocomposite; Preferential alignment; Silk fibroin

Indexed keywords

EID: 28944452281     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/b:nano.0000034656.19386.99     Document Type: Article

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