Devising Bone Molecular Models at the Nanoscale: From Usual Mineralized Collagen Fibrils to the First Bone Fibers Including Hydroxyapatite in the Extra-Fibrillar Volume
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DOI: 10.3390/ma15062274
Abstract: At the molecular scale, bone is mainly constituted of type-I collagen, hydroxyapatite, and water. Different fractions of these constituents compose different composite materials that exhibit different mechanical properties at the nanoscale, where the bone is… read more here.
Keywords: bone; fibrillar volume; mineralized collagen; extra fibrillar ... See more keywords