The findings, recently published in Nature Communications, provide a new view into the current theory of
calcium phosphate nucleation in a confined space.
To observe nucleation in a collagen gap — about 2 nanometers high and 40 nanometers wide — the team studied
calcium phosphate nucleation with in situ small - angle X-ray scattering at the Advanced Photon Source in Argonne National Lab.
Not exact matches
Jun and Doyoon Kim, a doctoral student in her lab, studied how miniscule gaps in collagen's fiber structure facilitate the
nucleation of
calcium phosphate, which is necessary for bone formation and maintenance.