TY - JOUR
T1 - Well-formed one-dimensional hydroxyapatite crystals grown by an environmentally friendly flux method
AU - Teshima, Katsuya
AU - Lee, Sun Hyung
AU - Sakurai, Mitsuo
AU - Kameno, Yoshitaka
AU - Yubuta, Kunio
AU - Suzuki, Takaomi
AU - Shishido, Toetsu
AU - Endo, Morinobu
AU - Oishi, Shuji
PY - 2009/6/3
Y1 - 2009/6/3
N2 - Highly crystalline, well-developed hydroxyapatite (HAp) crystals were grown successfully for the first time by a flux cooling method at a temperature less than 500 °C under air pressure. Environmentally friendly growth was induced by heating a mixture of solute [Ca(NO3)2-4H2O, (NH4)2HPO4, and KOH] and flux (KNO3 and LiNO3) at 400-500 °C and holding at this temperature for 10 h. After that, the mixture was cooled at various rates of 5, 200, and >1000 "OmkT-1 (water quenching). The obtained HAp crystals, which had average sizes of up to 18.0 × 2.1 μm and aspect ratios of up to 8.6, were colorless and transparent. They had hexagonal prismatic one-dimensional (1-D) forms with pyramidal or truncated pyramidal end faces. The 1-D crystal forms and sizes were obviously dependent on the growth conditions, such as the holding temperature and the cooling rate of the high-temperature solution. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HR-TEM) images indicated that the grown HAp crystals were of a very good crystallinity. From the HR-TEM and X-ray diffraction, the 1-D HAp crystals, which were hexagonal cylinders ({1010} faces), elongated in the (0001) directions.
AB - Highly crystalline, well-developed hydroxyapatite (HAp) crystals were grown successfully for the first time by a flux cooling method at a temperature less than 500 °C under air pressure. Environmentally friendly growth was induced by heating a mixture of solute [Ca(NO3)2-4H2O, (NH4)2HPO4, and KOH] and flux (KNO3 and LiNO3) at 400-500 °C and holding at this temperature for 10 h. After that, the mixture was cooled at various rates of 5, 200, and >1000 "OmkT-1 (water quenching). The obtained HAp crystals, which had average sizes of up to 18.0 × 2.1 μm and aspect ratios of up to 8.6, were colorless and transparent. They had hexagonal prismatic one-dimensional (1-D) forms with pyramidal or truncated pyramidal end faces. The 1-D crystal forms and sizes were obviously dependent on the growth conditions, such as the holding temperature and the cooling rate of the high-temperature solution. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HR-TEM) images indicated that the grown HAp crystals were of a very good crystallinity. From the HR-TEM and X-ray diffraction, the 1-D HAp crystals, which were hexagonal cylinders ({1010} faces), elongated in the (0001) directions.
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U2 - 10.1021/cg900159j
DO - 10.1021/cg900159j
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:66849124387
VL - 9
SP - 2937
EP - 2940
JO - Crystal Growth and Design
JF - Crystal Growth and Design
SN - 1528-7483
IS - 6
ER -