A kinetic model of the transformation of a micropatterned amorphous precursor into a porous single crystal

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1001-1005

  Fratzl, Peter ^a   Fischer, Franz Dieter ^b   Svoboda, Jiři ^c   Aizenberg, Joanna ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF COLLOIDS AND INTERFACES   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF MECHANICS   (Austria)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF MATERIALS   (Czech Republic)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amorphous calcium carbonate; Biomineralization; Crystallization; Nucleation and growth; Phase transformation

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETICS; CALCITE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CRYSTALLIZATION; KINETIC PARAMETERS; KINETIC THEORY; NUCLEATION; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

AMORPHOUS CALCIUM CARBONATE; AMORPHOUS PRECURSORS; BIOGENICS; BIOMIMETIC EXPERIMENTS; COMPLEX SHAPES; KINETIC MODELS; MICROPATTERNED; NUCLEATION AND GROWTH; PHASES TRANSFORMATION; PRECURSOR PHASIS;

BIOMINERALIZATION;

AMORPHOUS CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOMIMETICS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CRYSTAL; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; NONHUMAN; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS CONTROL; PROCESS MODEL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 75549089108     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2009.09.002     Document Type: Article

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