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α-Tricalcium phosphate: Synthesis, properties and biomedical applications

Raúl García Carrodeguas, +1 more
- 01 Oct 2011 - 
- Vol. 7, Iss: 10, pp 3536-3546
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It is as biocompatible as β-TCP, but more soluble, and hydrolyses rapidly to calcium-deficient hydroxyapatite, which makes α- TCP a useful component for preparing self-setting osteotransductive bone cements and biodegradable bioceramics and composites for bone repairing.
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This article is published in Acta Biomaterialia.The article was published on 2011-10-01. It has received 479 citations till now.

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Chemical Stability of Tricalcium Phosphate–Iron Composite during Spark Plasma Sintering

TL;DR: In this article, the thermal stability of TCP-Fe composites was investigated using spark-plasmine sintering, and the results showed that the composite had no degradation or oxidation in the ceramic or metal phase.
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Gas flow assisted powder deposition for enhanced flowability of fine powders: 3D printing of α-tricalcium phosphate

TL;DR: In this paper, the gas flow assisted powder deposition was applied to the powder bed during printing of bioceramic tablets and scaffolds using α-TCP powder as feedstock.
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Effect of microstructure characteristics on tetracalcium phosphate-nanomonetite cement in vitro cytotoxicity.

TL;DR: Results showed that the surface texture and the hydroxyapatite particle morphology are crucial for in vitro cement cytotoxicity evaluation.
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A Novel Fast-Setting Strontium-Containing Hydroxyapatite Bone Cement With a Simple Binary Powder System.

TL;DR: In this paper, a novel strontium-substituted calcium phosphate bone cement (Sr-CPC) has attracted more and more attentions in the field of bone tissue repair due to its comprehensive advantages of both traditional CPC and Sr ions.
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Structure and chemistry of the apatites and other calcium orthophosphates

J. C. Elliott
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Solid State Chemistry and its Applications

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Biological and medical significance of calcium phosphates.

TL;DR: Calcium phosphates have a great biological and medical significance and in this review, an overview of the current knowledge in this subject is given.
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Chemical applications of group theory

TL;DR: In this article, the authors define and define the definitions and theorems of group theory and symmetry groups, and present a mathematical model of symmetry groups for Inorganic and Organometallic Compounds.
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Calcium orthophosphates in medicine: from ceramics to calcium phosphate cements.

TL;DR: The main goal of this article is to provide a simple, but comprehensive presentation of CaP compounds.
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