Researchers from the Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai have developed a simple strategy for simultaneously controlling the morphology and chemical composition of hydroxyapatite powders.
In this CrystEngComm Hot Article, nanoparticles, nanowires and nanosheets were produced by hydrothermal treatment of calcium silicate precursors without the use of surfactants, template-directing reagents or organic solvents. The chemical composition was controlled by regulation of the chemical composition of the precursor and the reaction ratio of the precursor/solution.
The strategy could be useful for optimising the performance of hydroxyapatite in its many applications, including biomedical materials, gas sensing and catalysis.
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Synthesis of element-substituted hydroxyapatite with controllable morphology and chemical composition using calcium silicate as precursor
Kaili Lin, Jiang Chang, Xiaoguo Liu, Lei Chen and Yanling Zhou
CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00835D, Paper
