Journey of mineral precursors in bone mineralization: Evolution and inspiration for biomimetic design

Y Zhang, S Ma, J Nie, Z Liu, F Chen, A Li, D Pei - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Bone mineralization is a ubiquitous process among vertebrates that involves a dynamic
physical/chemical interplay between the organic and inorganic components of bone tissues …

[HTML][HTML] The thermodynamics of medial vascular calcification

Á Millán, P Lanzer, V Sorribas - Frontiers in Cell and Developmental …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Medial vascular calcification (MVC) is a degenerative process that involves the deposition of
calcium in the arteries, with a high prevalence in chronic kidney disease (CKD), diabetes …

Promotion effect of immobilized chondroitin sulfate on intrafibrillar mineralization of collagen

H He, C Shao, Z Mu, C Mao, J Sun, C Chen… - Carbohydrate …, 2020 - Elsevier
Chondroitin sulfate (CS) is widespread in mineralized tissues and is considered to play
crucial roles during the mineralization process. However, its role in biomineralization …

Nucleation kinetics of calcium oxalate monohydrate as a function of pH, magnesium, and osteopontin concentration quantified with droplet microfluidics

F Ibis, TW Yu, FM Penha, D Ganguly, MA Nuhu… - …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
A droplet-based microfluidic platform is presented to study the nucleation kinetics of calcium
oxalate monohydrate (COM), the most common constituent of kidney stones, while carefully …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] A combined experimental and modelling study on solubility of calcium oxalate monohydrate at physiologically relevant pH and temperatures

F Ibis, P Dhand, S Suleymanli, AEDM van der Heijden… - Crystals, 2020 - mdpi.com
Accurate Calcium Oxalate Monohydrate (COM) solubility measurements are essential for
elucidating the physiochemical mechanism behind the formation of kidney stones …

Molecular insight into the interfacial chemical functionalities regulating heterogeneous calcium-arsenate nucleation

H Zhai, R Bernstein, O Nir, L Wang - Journal of colloid and interface …, 2020 - Elsevier
Heterogeneous nucleation induced by natural organic matter (NOM) can lower the energy
barrier for calcium arsenate (Ca-As) precipitation, which aids in immobilizing arsenate (As …