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Bioceramics

A concrete solution

Damaged bones can be repaired with a clinical cement made of calcium phosphate. But this material is currently too weak to support the body. Reducing the number of pores during the cement setting may be the key to solving this problem.

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Troczynski, T. A concrete solution. Nature Mater 3, 13–14 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat1039

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