Mysteries surrounding the most important mineral for vertebrate biology, hydroxyapatite, are
many. Perhaps the Greek root of its name, απαταo, meaning 'to deceive'and given to its …

A crystalline solid that is a special form of the mineral apatite dominates the composite
material bone. A mineral represents the intimate linkage of a three-dimensional atomic …

Hard tissues (eg, bone, enamel, dentin) in vertebrates perform various and different
functions, from sustaining the body to haematopoiesis. Such complex and hierarchal tissue …

Using laser Raman microprobe spectroscopy, we have characterized the degree of
hydroxylation and the state of atomic order of several natural and synthetic calcium …

Polymer–hydroxyapatite (HAP) composites are widely studied as potential bone
replacement materials. The HAP–polymer interfacial molecular interactions have significant …

A study on the structure and energetics of hydroxyapatite has been carried out using
generalized gradient approximation density functional theory. The previously proposed P 6 …

A force field for the modeling of hydroxyapatite; Ca10 (PO4) 6OH2 (HAP) is established
based upon transferable potentials. Ca–O, P–O and O–O potentials were transported from …

The normal intersurface forces between nanosized probe tips functionalized with COO−-and
NH3+-terminated alkanethiol self-assembling monolayers and dense polycrystalline phase …

Large-scale computer simulations of a simple model with a square-lattice topology, a small
shear deformation (4° shear angle), and open (free) boundary conditions show that domain …

We have derived a potential model for fluorapatite Ca10 (PO4) 6F2, fitted to structure, elastic
constants and vibrational frequencies of the phosphate groups, which is compatible with …