Habit Change of Monoclinic Hydroxyapatite Crystals Growing from Aqueous Solution in the Presence of Citrate Ions: The Role of 2D Epitaxy

Habit Change of Monoclinic Hydroxyapatite Crystals Growing from Aqueous Solution in the Presence of Citrate Ions: The Role of 2D Epitaxy

Calcium hydroxyapatite (HAp) has been crystallized from aqueous solutions in the presence of citrate ions, in two temperature intervals. At lower temperature, where citrate could form the stable 3D-ordered phase Ca-citrate-tetrahydrate (Ca-Cit-TH), only the monoclinic (P21/c) HAp polymorph occurs an...

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Main Authors: Linda Pastero, Marco Bruno, Dino Aquilano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-07-01
Series:Crystals
Subjects:
hydroxyapatite
Ca-citrate
adsorption
2D epitaxy
biomineralization
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4352/8/8/308

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