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Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Calcium Phosphate Biomaterials
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Calcium alkyl phosphates and their strontium and magnesium analogues were synthesised by the reaction of aqueous metal salts with a range of alkyl phosphates of varying chain length and were characterised by X-ray diffraction, thermogravimetric and FTIR analyses. These hybrid structures are based on alternating organic/metal phosphate regions and were found to exhibit a linear increase in interlayer separation upon increasing the length of the alkyl chain. Our analysis suggests a general formula for these phases of M(ROPO3).nH2O (where M = Ca, Sr, Mg and R = alkyl group), containing alkyl bilayers reminiscent of phospholipid bilayers found in biological membranes.
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383-386
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November 2007
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© 2008 Trans Tech Publications Ltd. All Rights Reserved
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