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A Facile Synthesis Route to Prepare Microtubes from Phosphate Glass Fibres
Author(s) -
Abou Neel E. A.,
Young A. M.,
Nazhat S. N.,
Knowles J. C.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.200700039
Subject(s) - materials science , dissolution , fabrication , amorphous solid , raman spectroscopy , nanotechnology , phosphate , chemical engineering , phosphate glass , amorphous calcium phosphate , degradation (telecommunications) , calcium , organic chemistry , optoelectronics , optics , metallurgy , chemistry , medicine , physics , alternative medicine , pathology , doping , telecommunications , computer science , engineering
Fabrication of calcium phosphate microtubes is performed utilizing a simple dissolution‐reprecipitation mechanism, to form amorphous microtubes with sizes of the order of 10 to 20μm. Raman microspectroscopy gives more understanding of the degradation and formation mechanism.