Mineralized structures in nature: Examples and inspirations for the design of new composite materials and biomaterials

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 70, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 1777-1788

  Luz, Gisela M ^a   Mano, João F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

A. Ceramic matrix composites; A. Functional composites; A. Hybrid composites; A. Nano composites; B. Interface

Indexed keywords

B. INTERFACE; BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; BONE APATITE; CONTROLLED ORIENTATION; DIFFERENT LENGTH SCALE; EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS; FUNCTIONAL COMPOSITES; HIERARCHICAL LEVEL; HIGH PERFORMANCE MATERIAL; HYBRID COMPOSITES; INTERFACIAL FEATURES; MOLECULAR CONSTITUENTS; NOVEL PROCESSING ROUTES; ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANT; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; SCAFFOLDS FOR TISSUE ENGINEERING; STRUCTURAL FACTOR; SYNTHETIC MATERIALS;

BALL MILLING; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMATERIALS; BIOMIMETICS; BIOMINERALIZATION; CALCIUM; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; CERAMIC MATERIALS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; NANOCOMPOSITES; PHOSPHATE COATINGS; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; PROTECTIVE COATINGS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 77956900242     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2010.05.013     Document Type: Article

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