# CHARACTERISATION OF HYDROXYAPATITE/BACTERIAL CELLULOSE NANOCOMPOSITES

> Title: CHARACTERISATION OF HYDROXYAPATITE/BACTERIAL CELLULOSE NANOCOMPOSITES Page Range: p.353-358 Author(s): Shengnan Zhang; Guangyao Xiong; Fang He; Yuan Huang; Yulin Wang; Yizao Wan File size: 173K Download the pdf (subscribers only) Buy the pdf (non-subscribers) Journal: Polymers and Polymer Composites Issue Year: ppc...

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Published: 2009-06-01T00:00:00+00:00
Categories: Polymers and Polymer Composites

**Title: CHARACTERISATION OF HYDROXYAPATITE/BACTERIAL CELLULOSE NANOCOMPOSITES**
 Page Range: p.353-358
 Author(s): Shengnan Zhang; Guangyao Xiong; Fang He; Yuan Huang; Yulin Wang; Yizao Wan
 File size: 173K
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 Journal: Polymers and Polymer Composites
 Issue Year: ppc
 Volume: 17
 Issue No: No.6

**Abstract**
 A biomimetic route was used and described to prepare a composite of hydroxyapatite (HAP) deposited on a phosphorylated bacterial cellulose (BC). The composite was examined using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, differential scanning calorimetry and thermogravimetric analysis. It was shown that thermal stability of the composite was better than the original BC and that the HAP crystals wrap the surfaces of the BC fibres. Weight loss under thermogravimetric analysis conditions was in three stages, similar to natural bone. 21 refs.

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