Nico A. J. M. Sommerdijk

Dynamic Observation of Lacy Pattern Formation in a Bone Tissue Model Using Liquid Phase Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy

ABSTRACT Bone is a hierarchical composite in which carbonated hydroxyapatite platelets form a continuous mineral network within and between collagen fibrils. Although the nanoscale organization of mature bone is well characterized, how mineral precursors transform into this archi...