@article{97488afec53e4e5696fe5f69c2afddbd,
title = "Self-organization of hydroxyapatite nanorods through oriented attachment",
abstract = "The oriented attachment of hydroxyapatite (HAP) nanorods was achieved through a hydrothermal treatment. The nanorods were arranged in order along the c-axis of the HAP. These formed ca. 3.5 slip-shaped pores between the rods. High-resolution transmission electron (HRTEM) also revealed that single crystals of HAP may grow in the [0 0 2] direction of the HAP structure. This work extends the understanding of the potential for using biomimetic principles to synthesize bone-like composite materials.",
keywords = "Hydroxyapatite, Oriented attachment, Self-organization",
author = "Chen, {Jing Di} and Wang, {Ying Jun} and Kun Wei and Zhang, {Shu Hua} and Shi, {Xue Tao}",
note = "Funding Information: The authors acknowledge Mr. Xiao, The School of Chemical and Energy Engineering for Nitrogen adsorption–desorption measurement. Associate Professor Li Ren, post-Dr. Chen Lai, Shujiang Zhang and Dr. Yu Ke (Institute of Biomedical Materials) gave some good suggestion to this paper. Prof. D.F. Williams, editor-in-chief of Biomaterials, helped to revise this paper for better language presentation. This research was supported by the National Key Basic Research 973 Program of China (Grant 2005CB623902), National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant 50572029) and Natural Science Foundation Team Project of Guangdong (Grant 04205786).",
year = "2007",
month = may,
doi = "10.1016/j.biomaterials.2007.01.033",
language = "English",
volume = "28",
pages = "2275--2280",
journal = "Biomaterials",
issn = "0142-9612",
publisher = "Elsevier BV",
number = "14",
}