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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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Nanocomposites and Other Restorative Materials

Ippei Sekido
- 01 Jan 2023 - 
TL;DR: In this article , the clinically commonly used nanocomposites and other restorative materials from the perspective of material science, including glass ionomers, resin-based composites, and inorganic-based cement materials such as calcium silicate based cement, calcium phosphate cement, and calcium sulfate based cement are presented.
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Robocasting and Laser Micromachining of Sol-Gel Derived 3D Silica/Gelatin/β-TCP Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Regeneration

TL;DR: In this paper , the combination of robocasting with sol-gel ink of suitable viscosity prepared by mixing tetraethoxysilane (TEOS), gelatin and β-tricalcium phosphate (β-TCP) allowed for the manufacture of 3D scaffolds consisting of a 3D square mesh of interpenetrating rods, with macropore size of 354.0 ± 17.0 μm, without the use of chemical additives at room temperature.
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Influence of Titanium Dioxide Grain Size on Phasic Composition and Lysozyme Adsorption of Hydroxyapatite and Titanium Dioxide Composite Powders—A Thermal Decomposition Study by XRD and SEM Analysis

TL;DR: In this article , pure nanoscaled hydroxyapatite (HAp) and modified HAp with titanium dioxide (TiO2) with both nano- and microparticles are successfully synthesized from the reactants calcium hydroxide and orthophosphoric acid in a wet chemistry reaction.
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Investigation of adsorptive orientation state change of anionic porphyrin with the hydrolysis reaction of α-tricalcium phosphate

TL;DR: In this article , the interaction between anionic porphyrin and α-tricalcium phosphate in hydrolysis reaction was clarified, and the orientation of TCPP molecules on the reactive calcium phosphates can be controlled by the mineralization process.
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Surface modified characteristics of the tetracalcium phosphate as light-cured composite resin fillers

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors characterize the properties of light-cured composite resins that are reinforced with whisker surface modified particles of tetracalcium phosphate (TTCP) and investigate the influence of thermal cycling on the reinforced composites properties.
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Structure and chemistry of the apatites and other calcium orthophosphates

J. C. Elliott
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe the structure of carbonate apatites and the properties of apatite powders, including their properties in terms of their nucleation and crystal growth.
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Solid State Chemistry and its Applications

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a detailed description of the properties of solid state chemistry, including point groups, space groups, and crystal structure, as well as some factors which influence crystal structure.
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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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