@inproceedings{8383c0640e3f4877807aafcfba17741a,
title = "An ab initio investigation of the monoclinic to hexagonal phase transition in hydroxyapatite",
abstract = "The hexagonal and monoclinic structures were made in the Cerius2 modeling environment. An ab initio investigation of the monoclinic to hexagonal phase transition in hydroxyapatite (HA) was done. The feasibility of a monoclinic to hexagonal phase transition was investigated with density functional theory (DFT) superstructure energy calculations carried out at the generalized gradient approximation (GGA) of Perdew and Wang using Castep. The HA made mineral content in the teeth and bones of vertebrates and was therefore of enormous importance both in its natural form and in the synthetic forms used in biomedical devices.",
author = "D. Haverty and Tofail, {S. A.M.} and Stanton, {K. T.}",
year = "2004",
language = "English",
isbn = "1877040193",
series = "Transactions - 7th World Biomaterials Congress",
pages = "238",
booktitle = "Transactions - 7th World Biomaterials Congress",
note = "Transactions - 7th World Biomaterials Congress ; Conference date: 17-05-2004 Through 21-05-2004",
}