How the Researchers Mimicked Natural Bone Formation (IMAGE)

Chalmers University of Technology

How the Researchers Mimicked Natural Bone Formation

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How the researchers mimicked natural bone formation: Strings of a polymerised liquid crystal act as the strings of collagen in the body. The amorphous calcium phosphate (in grey) enters the strings and begins to crystallise, creating the artificial bone-like material.

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Anand Kumar Rajasekharan/Chalmers University of Technology

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