Nanoscale imaging of mineral crystals inside biological composite materials using X-ray diffraction microscopy

Huaidong Jiang; Damien Ramunno-Johnson; Changyong Song; Bagrat Amirbekian; Yoshiki Kohmura; Yoshinori Nishino; Yukio Takahashi; Tetsuya Ishikawa; Jianwei Miao

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.038103

Nanoscale imaging of mineral crystals inside biological composite materials using X-ray diffraction microscopy

Huaidong Jiang, Damien Ramunno-Johnson, Changyong Song, Bagrat Amirbekian, Yoshiki Kohmura, Yoshinori Nishino, Yukio Takahashi, Tetsuya Ishikawa, Jianwei Miao

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We for the first time applied x-ray diffraction microscopy to the imaging of mineral crystals inside biological composite materials-intramuscular fish bone-at the nanometer scale resolution. We identified mineral crystals in collagen fibrils at different stages of mineralization. Based on the experimental results and biomineralization analyses, we suggested a dynamic model to account for the nucleation and growth of mineral crystals in the collagen matrix. The results obtained from this study not only further our understanding of the complex structure of bone, but also demonstrate that x-ray diffraction microscopy will become an important tool to study biological materials.

Original language	English
Article number	038103
Journal	Physical review letters
Volume	100
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.038103
Publication status	Published - 2008 Jan 24
Externally published	Yes

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Nanoscale imaging of mineral crystals inside biological composite materials using X-ray diffraction microscopy. / Jiang, Huaidong; Ramunno-Johnson, Damien; Song, Changyong; Amirbekian, Bagrat; Kohmura, Yoshiki; Nishino, Yoshinori; Takahashi, Yukio; Ishikawa, Tetsuya; Miao, Jianwei.

In: Physical review letters, Vol. 100, No. 3, 038103, 24.01.2008.

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