Journal article
Scanning transmission electron microscopic tomography of cortical bone using Z-contrast imaging
Abstract
Previously we presented (McNally et al., 2012) a model for the ultrastructure of bone showing that the mineral resides principally outside collagen fibrils in the form of 5 nm thick mineral structures hundreds of nanometers long oriented parallel to the fibrils. Here we use high-angle annular dark-field electron tomography in the scanning transmission electron microscope to confirm this model and further elucidate the composite structure. Views …
Authors
McNally E; Nan F; Botton GA; Schwarcz HP
Journal
Micron, Vol. 49, , pp. 46–53
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
June 2013
DOI
10.1016/j.micron.2013.03.002
ISSN
0968-4328