Intermolecular channels direct crystal orientation in mineralized collagen
Intermolecular channels direct crystal orientation in mineralized collagen
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Xu, YiFei , Nudelman, Fabio , Eren, E. Deniz , Wirix, Maarten J. M. , Cantaert, Bram , Nijhuis, Wouter H. , Hermida-Merino, Daniel , Portale, Giuseppe , Bomans, Paul H. H. , Ottmann, Christian , Friedrich, Heiner , Bras, Wim , Akiva, Anat , Orgel, Joseph P. R. O. , Meldrum, Fiona C. , Sommerdijk, Nico and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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English
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The mineralized collagen fibril is the basic building block of bone, and is commonly pictured as a parallel array of ultrathin carbonated hydroxyapatite (HAp) platelets distributed throughout the collagen. This orientation is often attributed to an epitaxial relationship between the HAp and collagen molecules inside 2D voids within the fibril. Alth...
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Intermolecular channels direct crystal orientation in mineralized collagen
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Author / Creator
Nudelman, Fabio
Eren, E. Deniz
Wirix, Maarten J. M.
Cantaert, Bram
Nijhuis, Wouter H.
Hermida-Merino, Daniel
Portale, Giuseppe
Bomans, Paul H. H.
Ottmann, Christian
Friedrich, Heiner
Bras, Wim
Akiva, Anat
Orgel, Joseph P. R. O.
Meldrum, Fiona C.
Sommerdijk, Nico
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
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TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_1d1cee43ec3242e7916df4543ee0fb2a
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_1d1cee43ec3242e7916df4543ee0fb2a
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2041-1723
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2041-1723
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10.1038/s41467-020-18846-2
