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Towards an improved understanding of the β-TCP crystal structure by means of “checkerboard” atomistic simulations

Sblendorio, Gabrielle A.  
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Santoni, Bastien Le Gars
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Alexander, Duncan T. L.  
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March 13, 2023
Journal Of The European Ceramic Society

The large variability of biological responses to beta-TCP implants reported in the literature could possibly be related to subtle differences in the beta-TCP crystal structure. The structure contains one partially occupied site Ca(4). In order to better understand the ordering of this site, 12 pairs of unit cells with different Ca(4) site occupancies were combined in different checkerboard patterns with an average occupancy of 3. Atomistic simulations were conducted to identify the lowest energy configurations. The previously published low energy configuration is not the most stable one when considering a larger supercell. Plotting the 662 simulation outputs by lattice parameters a or c versus relative lattice energy revealed clusters of high density which are composed of configurations with predominant motifs of Ca(4) occupancy. The tools introduced in this study can be applied in future simulation studies to better explain the Ca(4) site occupancy in the beta-TCP crystal structure.

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research article
DOI
10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2023.02.036
Web of Science ID

WOS:000951687300001

Author(s)
Sblendorio, Gabrielle A.  
Santoni, Bastien Le Gars
Alexander, Duncan T. L.  
Bowen, Paul  
Bohner, Marc
Dobalin, Nicola
Date Issued

2023-03-13

Published in
Journal Of The European Ceramic Society
Volume

43

Issue

8

Start page

3746

End page

3754

Subjects

Materials Science, Ceramics

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Materials Science

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?-tcp

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crystal structure

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atomistic simulations

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molecular dynamics

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synthetic bone graft substitute

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beta-tricalcium phosphate

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calcium-phosphate

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dynamics

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bone

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resorption

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REVIEWED

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April 10, 2023
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