Composites of β-chitin with octacalcium phosphate (OCP) or hydroxylapatite (HAP) were prepared by precipitation of the mineral into a chitin scaffold by means of a double diffusion system. The β-chitin was obtained from the pen of the Loligo sp. squid. Only oriented precipitation of OCP was observed. The OCP crystals with the usual form of (001) blades grow inside chitin layers preferentially oriented with the {100} faces parallel to the surface of the squid pen and were more stable to the hydrolysis to HAP with respect to that precipitated in solution. Reasons are given why mechanical factors are thought to be the predominant cause for the orientation of the OCP crystals with the a-axis almost normal to the chitin fibers. We conclude that in these in vitro experiments the compartmentalized space in the chitin governs the orientation of the crystals, even if epitaxial factors may play a role in the nucleation processes. © 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

Falini G., Fermani S., Ripamonti A. (2001). Oriented crystallization of octacalcium phosphate into beta-chitin scaffold. JOURNAL OF INORGANIC BIOCHEMISTRY, 84(3-4), 255-258 [10.1016/S0162-0134(01)00169-6].

Oriented crystallization of octacalcium phosphate into beta-chitin scaffold

Falini G.
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Fermani S.;Ripamonti A.
2001

Abstract

Composites of β-chitin with octacalcium phosphate (OCP) or hydroxylapatite (HAP) were prepared by precipitation of the mineral into a chitin scaffold by means of a double diffusion system. The β-chitin was obtained from the pen of the Loligo sp. squid. Only oriented precipitation of OCP was observed. The OCP crystals with the usual form of (001) blades grow inside chitin layers preferentially oriented with the {100} faces parallel to the surface of the squid pen and were more stable to the hydrolysis to HAP with respect to that precipitated in solution. Reasons are given why mechanical factors are thought to be the predominant cause for the orientation of the OCP crystals with the a-axis almost normal to the chitin fibers. We conclude that in these in vitro experiments the compartmentalized space in the chitin governs the orientation of the crystals, even if epitaxial factors may play a role in the nucleation processes. © 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
2001
Falini G., Fermani S., Ripamonti A. (2001). Oriented crystallization of octacalcium phosphate into beta-chitin scaffold. JOURNAL OF INORGANIC BIOCHEMISTRY, 84(3-4), 255-258 [10.1016/S0162-0134(01)00169-6].
Falini G.; Fermani S.; Ripamonti A.
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