Ya-ping HUANG, Ying ZHAO, Mei-li GUO, Duan-fu XU, Du-jin WANG. Effect of Chitin and Chitosan on the Mineralization Process of Bio-minerals and Bio-mimic Materials[J]. Polymer Bulletin, 2007,20(2):1-7.
Ya-ping HUANG, Ying ZHAO, Mei-li GUO, Duan-fu XU, Du-jin WANG. Effect of Chitin and Chitosan on the Mineralization Process of Bio-minerals and Bio-mimic Materials[J]. Polymer Bulletin, 2007,20(2):1-7. DOI: 10.14028/j.cnki.1003-3726.2007.02.001.
Bio-minerals are generally composed of 95% inorganic salts and 5% organic matrix. Compared to natural minerals
bio-minerals have superior mechanical properties
beautiful colors
special bio-functions
and so on. All of the above characteristics originate from the precise controlling-effects of cells and bioactive macromolecules on the crystallization behavior and minerals morphologies. This review introduces the research progress on the effect of chitin and chitosan on the mineralization process of bio-minerals and bio-mimic materials.