Synthetic amorphous calcium phosphates (ACPs): Preparation, structure, properties, and biomedical applications

SV Dorozhkin - Biomaterials Science, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Amorphous calcium phosphates (ACPs) represent a metastable amorphous state of other
calcium orthophosphates (abbreviated as CaPO4) possessing variable compositional but …

Advances in biomimetic collagen mineralisation and future approaches to bone tissue engineering

ME Doyle, K Dalgarno, E Masoero, AM Ferreira - Biopolymers, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
With an ageing world population and~ 20% of adults in Europe being affected by bone
diseases, there is an urgent need to develop advanced regenerative approaches and …

Nanoscale interactions of humic acid and minerals reveal mechanisms of carbon protection in soil

M Yu, Y Hua, MT Sarwar, H Yang - Environmental Science & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The concentrations of terrestrially sourced dissolved organic matter (DOM) have expanded
throughout aquatic ecosystems in recent decades. Although sorption to minerals in soils is …

Nucleation of Brushite and Hydroxyapatite from Amorphous Calcium Phosphate Phases Revealed by Dynamic In Situ Raman Spectroscopy

G Montes-Hernandez, F Renard - The Journal of Physical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Since the 1970s, it has been shown that calcium phosphate crystals nucleate from one or
several early amorphous calcium phosphate phases into several in vivo and in vitro …

Differential adsorption of dissolved organic matter and phosphorus on clay mineral in water-sediment system

M Yu, Z Gan, W Zhang, C Yang, Y Zhang… - Environmental …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Lake sediments connection to the biogeochemical cycling of phosphorus (P) and carbon (C)
influences streamwater quality. However, it is unclear whether and how the type of sediment …

Molecular understanding of humic acid-limited phosphate precipitation and transformation

X Ge, L Wang, W Zhang, CV Putnis - Environmental science & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Phosphorus (P) availability is widely assumed to be limited by the formation of metal (Ca, Fe,
or Al) phosphate precipitates that are modulated by soil organic matter (SOM), but the SOM …

Thermally induced crystallization and phase evolution of amorphous calcium phosphate substituted with divalent cations having different sizes

L Sinusaite, A Kareiva, A Zarkov - Crystal Growth & Design, 2021 - ACS Publications
The present work investigates the crystallization and phase evolution of amorphous calcium
phosphate (ACP) partially substituted with smaller (Mg2+, Zn2+) and larger (Sr2+, Ba2+) …

A breakthrough in understanding the pathogenesis of molar hypomineralisation: the mineralisation-poisoning model

MJ Hubbard, JE Mangum, VA Perez… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Popularly known as “chalky teeth”, molar hypomineralisation (MH) affects over 1-in-5
children worldwide, triggering massive amounts of suffering from toothache and rapid decay …

Direct observation of alginate-promoted soil phosphorus availability

X Ge, L Wang, W Zhang - ACS Sustainable Chemistry & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Phosphorus (P) is a nonrenewable resource with low availability in soils and thus can be a
yield-limiting factor for food production. Alginate from brown algae has been proved to be a …

Understanding the nanoscale affinity between dissolved organic matter and noncrystalline mineral with the implication for water treatment

M Yu, L Feng, Y Hua, A Tang, H Yang - Inorganic Chemistry, 2023 - ACS Publications
In recent decades, the concentration of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in aquatic
ecosystems has gradually increased, leading to water pollution problems. Understanding …