Abstract

HAp nanofibers (or whiskers) have been attracted considerable attention for their application as adsorbents and reinforcing fillers owing to their unique morphologies. However, fabrication of HAp nanofibers has been limited to high-temperature and/or long-term methods. Herein, we report that HAp nanofibers with more than 5 μm in length (aspect ratio >100) can be easily obtained by a simple wet precipitation method without additives at relatively low temperature (80 °C) under acidic conditions (initial pH of 6.5 and final pH of 3.9), without pH control during the precipitation.

Highlights

  • Hydroxyapatite (HAp) is recognized as a major inorganic component of human hard tissues

  • We report that HAp nanofibers could be obtained by a simple wet precipitation method without additives at relatively low temperature (80 °C) under acidic conditions, without pH control during the precipitation

  • ­morphology observation by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) using a JSM6701F microscope (JEOL Ltd., Tokyo, Japan) operated at 5 kV or the sample was dried on a collodion-coated grid before particle morphology observation and electron diffraction measurement by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) using a JEM-2­ 100F microscope (JEOL Ltd.) operated at 200 kV

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Introduction

Hydroxyapatite (HAp) is recognized as a major inorganic component of human hard tissues (bones and teeth). We report that HAp nanofibers could be obtained by a simple wet precipitation method without additives at relatively low temperature (80 °C) under acidic conditions, without pH control during the precipitation.

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