DOI: 10.1039/d3na00705g ISSN: 2516-0230

Intrafibrillar mineralization of type I collagen with calcium carbonate and strontium carbonate induced by polyelectrolyte–cation complexes

Yizhou Zhang, Yiru Wang, Zhengyi Zhang, Zhe Wang, Changyu Shao, Matthias Hannig, Zihuai Zhou, Baiping Fu
  • General Engineering
  • General Materials Science
  • General Chemistry
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Bioengineering

This article provides a feasible strategy for rapid intrafibrillar mineralization of collagen with CaCO3 and SrCO3. The CaCO3-mineralized collagen gels exhibited better biocompatibility and cell proliferation ability than SrCO3.

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