Bioinspired Mineralization of Type I Collagen Fibrils with Apatite in Presence of Citrate and Europium Ions

Bioinspired Mineralization of Type I Collagen Fibrils with Apatite in Presence of Citrate and Europium Ions

Synthetic nanostructured hybrid composites based on collagen and nanocrystalline apatites are interesting materials for the generation of scaffolds for bone tissue engineering. In this work, mineralized collagen fibrils were prepared in the presence of citrate and Eu3+. Citrate is an indispensable a...

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Main Authors: Jaime Gómez Morales, Raquel Fernández Penas, Cristóbal Verdugo-Escamilla, Lorenzo Degli Esposti, Francesca Oltolina, Maria Prat, Michele Iafisco, Jorge Fernando Fernández Sánchez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-12-01
Series:Crystals
Subjects:
collagen mineralization
apatite
amorphous calcium phosphate
citrate
europium
luminescence
cytocompatibility
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4352/9/1/13

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