%0 Journal Article
%A Gao Liu
%A Dacheng Zhao
%A Antoni P Tomsia
%A Andrew M Minor
%A Xiangyun Song
%A Eduardo Saiz
%B Journal of the American Chemical Society
%D 2009
%G eng
%N 29
%P 9937-9939
%R 10.1021/ja903817z
%T Three-Dimensional Biomimetic Mineralization of Dense Hydrogel Templates
%V 131
%X <p>An electric-current-assisted method was used to mineralize dense hydrogels and create hydroxyapatite/hydrogel composites with unique hierarchical structures. The microstructure of the final material can be controlled by the mineralization technique and the chemistry of the organic matrix. A hydroxyapatite/hydrogel composite was obtained with a large inorganic content 60% of the weight of the organics). After being heated to 1050 °C, the sintered inorganic phase has a very uniformly distributed porosity and its Brunauer−Emmett−Teller (BET) surface area is 0.68 m<sup>2</sup>/g.</p>