Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of calcium phosphate crystals. These flower-like calcium phosphate structures were grown on a self-assembl

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Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of calcium phosphate crystals. These flower-like calcium phosphate structures were grown on a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) of mineralising peptides, attached to a gold substrate. SAMs have been used widely to study the nucleation and growth of minerals to understand how these are controlled in nature.

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Keywords: background, biomimetics, brushite, calcium, chemical, chemistry, colored, coloured, crystal, crystalline, dcpd, dicalcium, dihydrate, false-coloured, flower-, mineral, minerology, phosphate, sem, yellow