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Crystallization of biogenic crystals from aqueous solutions

Crystallization is a process occuring in both biological (eg. bone, teeth) and pathological mineralization (eg. calculi, caries etc.) as well as in the controlled production of biomaterials. In organisms inorganic salts precipitate from complex body fluids (blood, urine) inside organic matrix. The interactions of growing biogenic crystals (calcium phosphates, carbonates and oxalates) with small organic molecules and/or macromolecules have importante role in these processes. In this work, processes of the formation of some biogenic minerals in model systems mimicking conditions of pathological (urinary stones) and biological mineralization (composite bone implant materials) were investigated and compared.

Crystallization; biogenic crystals; aqueous solutions

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