“Hidden” Hierarchy of Microfibrils within 3D-Periodic Fluorapatite–Gelatine Nanocomposites: Development of Complexity and Form in a Biomimetic System

Cover Picture: Biomimetic Fluorapatite–G

Cover Picture: Biomimetic Fluorapatite–Gelatine Nanocomposites: Pre-Structuring of Gelatine Matrices by Ion Impregnation and Its Effect on Form Development / Intrinsic Electric Dipole Fields and the Induction of Hierarchical Form Developments in Fluorapatite–Gelatine Nanocomposites: A General Principle for Morphogenesis of Biominerals? (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 12/2006)

✍ Harald Tlatlik; Paul Simon; Agnieszka Kawska; Dirk Zahn; Rüdiger Kniep; Hannes L 📂 Article 📅 2006 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 144 KB 👁 2 views

**__Form development__**__…︁__…︁during growth of fluorapatite–gelatine nanocomposites is effected by pre‐structuring of gelatine matrices by ion impregnation. The cover picture shows the hierarchical fractal aggregate (background), structural details of a fanlike aggregate, and a simulation of the “