Review Article

Hydroxyapatite Nanoparticle Coating on Polymer for Constructing Effective Biointeractive Interfaces

Figure 8

Scheme of the biomineralization process. (a) Ions in solution, (b) nucleation, (c) aggregation, (d) amorphous calcium phosphate—the circle shows the Posner cluster unit [Ca9 (PO4)6] projected on the plane, (e) octacalcium phosphate, projected on the plane, (f) hydroxyapatite projected on the plane, and (g) biological hydroxyapatite [199202] (drawing using VESTA (10) from the CIF obtained from American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database).