Advanced materials for enamel remineralization

J Xu, H Shi, J Luo, H Yao, P Wang, Z Li… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Dental caries, a chronic and irreversible disease caused by caries-causing bacteria, has
been listed as one of the three major human diseases to be prevented and treated …

Nanoparticles formed during mineral-fluid interactions

CV Putnis, E Ruiz-Agudo - Chemical Geology, 2021 - Elsevier
The rapid increase of nanoparticles in the environment has occurred largely as a result of
anthropogenic activities, such as industrialization, including accelerated mining activities …

Controlling enamel remineralization by amyloid‐like amelogenin mimics

D Wang, J Deng, X Deng, C Fang, X Zhang… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In situ regeneration of the enamel‐like structure of hydroxyapatite (HAp) crystals under oral
conditions is significant for dental caries treatment. However, it is still a challenge for dentists …

Image Analysis for In-line Measurement of Multidimensional Size, Shape, and Polymorphic Transformation of l-Glutamic Acid Using Deep Learning-Based Image …

Z Gao, Y Wu, Y Bao, J Gong, J Wang… - Crystal Growth & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
In situ tracking of the crystallization process through image segmentation has been
developed and has encountered many challenges including improvement of in situ image …

Physicochemical understanding of biomineralization by molecular vibrational spectroscopy: From mechanism to nature

H Liu, H Jiang, X Liu, X Wang - Exploration, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The process and mechanism of biomineralization and relevant physicochemical properties
of mineral crystals are remarkably sophisticated multidisciplinary fields that include biology …

Dynamic force spectroscopy for quantifying single-molecule organo–mineral interactions

H Zhai, W Zhang, L Wang, CV Putnis - CrystEngComm, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Organo–mineral interactions have long been the focus in the fields of biomineralization and
geomineralization, since such interactions not only modulate the dynamics of crystal …

In Situ Atomic Force Microscopy Studies on Nucleation and Self-Assembly of Biogenic and Bio-Inspired Materials

C Zeng, C Vitale-Sullivan, X Ma - Minerals, 2017 - mdpi.com
Through billions of years of evolution, nature has been able to create highly sophisticated
and ordered structures in living systems, including cells, cellular components and viruses …

Self-assembling peptide P11-4: a biomimetic agent for enamel remineralization

A Bonchev, R Vasileva, E Dyulgerova… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
The biomimetic approach for enamel remineralization is a new, modern alternative in the
treatment of early stages of caries. The development of novel biomaterials requires …

Crystallization via nonclassical pathways: Nanoscale imaging of mineral surfaces

CV Putnis, L Wang, E Ruiz-Agudo… - … Pathways Volume 2 …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The advancement in analytical imaging techniques, including atomic force microscopy and
scanning and transmission electron microscopies, has allowed us to observe processes …

Phosphorylated amelogenin N-terminal peptides regulate calcite crystal cluster formation in a water–acetonitrile system

W Zou, Y Lin, Z Xie, Y Lin, C Du - CrystEngComm, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The structure of biomolecules play an important role in biomineral formation and studies
about the regulation behavior of biominerals by changing biomolecular structures are of …