Morphology and structural characteristics of hydroxyapatite whiskers: Effect of the initial Ca concentration, Ca/P ratio and pH

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2960-2968

  Zhang, Hongquan ^a   Darvell, Brian W ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Calcium phosphate ratio; Constitution; Hydrothermal homogeneous precipitation; Hydroxyapatite whiskers; Initial pH; Morphology

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; HYDROXYAPATITE; PH EFFECTS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

CA/P RATIO; CALCIUM CONCENTRATION; CALCIUM/PHOSPHATE RATIO; CONSTITUTION; HOMOGENEOUS PRECIPITATION; HYDROTHERMAL HOMOGENEOUS PRECIPITATION; HYDROXYAPATITE WHISKERS; INITIAL PH; PREFERRED GROWTH; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS;

MORPHOLOGY;

AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE; BIOCERAMICS; CALCIUM; HYDROXYAPATITE; PHOSPHATE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MORPHOLOGY; PH; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STOICHIOMETRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VIBRISSA; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

EID: 79957777945     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: 18787568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2011.03.020     Document Type: Article

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