Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1797002 | Journal of Crystal Growth | 2006 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
A simple and controllable method was developed to synthesize large-sized hydroxyapatite (HAP) rods. Firstly, HAP crystals were reprecipitated from the supersaturated HAP solution in the presence of gelatin. After calcination at 600 °C for 4 h, large-sized HAP rods with good purity and crystallinity were obtained. Furthermore, due to the protection of gelatin at a high concentration, the HAP rods had a perfect monodispersity. The average length of rod-like HAP crystals could be controlled in the range of 0.65-5 μm by simply changing the weight ratios of HAP to gelatin from 0.2:8 to 2:8.
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Authors
Shuhua Teng, Jingjing Shi, Lijuan Chen,