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Three-Dimensional Biomimetic Mineralization of Dense Hydrogel Templates

Publication Type

Journal Article

Authors

Liu, Gao, Dacheng Zhao, Antoni P Tomsia, Andrew M Minor, Xiangyun Song, Eduardo Saiz

DOI

10.1021/ja903817z

Abstract

An electric-current-assisted method was used to mineralize dense hydrogels and create hydroxyapatite/hydrogel composites with unique hierarchical structures. The microstructure of the final material can be controlled by the mineralization technique and the chemistry of the organic matrix. A hydroxyapatite/hydrogel composite was obtained with a large inorganic content 60% of the weight of the organics). After being heated to 1050 °C, the sintered inorganic phase has a very uniformly distributed porosity and its Brunauer−Emmett−Teller (BET) surface area is 0.68 m²/g.

Journal

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volume

131

Year of Publication

2009

Issue

Organization

Applied Energy Materials Group, Energy Storage and Distributed Resources Division

Research Areas

Liu Lab