Department of Physics, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA.
J Chem Phys. 2013 Jul 28;139(4):044714. doi: 10.1063/1.4813828.
The biomineral hydroxyapatite (HA) [Ca10(PO4)6(OH)2] is the main mineral constituent of mammal bone. We report a theoretical investigation of the HA surface. We identify the low energy surface orientations and stoichiometry under a variety of chemical environments. The surface most stable in the physiologically relevant OH-rich environment is the OH-terminated (1000) surface. We calculate the work function of HA and relate it to the surface composition. For the lowest energy OH-terminated surface we find the work function of 5.1 eV, in close agreement with the experimentally reported range of 4.7 eV-5.1 eV [V. S. Bystrov, E. Paramonova, Y. Dekhtyar, A. Katashev, A. Karlov, N. Polyaka, A. V. Bystrova, A. Patmalnieks, and A. L. Kholkin, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 23, 065302 (2011)].
生物矿化羟基磷灰石(HA)[Ca10(PO4)6(OH)2]是哺乳动物骨骼的主要矿物成分。我们报告了对 HA 表面的理论研究。我们确定了在各种化学环境下,低能量表面的取向和化学计量比。在生理相关的富含 OH 的环境中最稳定的表面是 OH 端基(1000)表面。我们计算了 HA 的功函数,并将其与表面组成相关联。对于最低能量的 OH 端基表面,我们发现功函数为 5.1eV,与实验报道的 4.7eV-5.1eV 范围[V.S.Bystrov,E.Paramonova,Y.Dekhtyar,A.Katashev,A.Karlov,N.Polyaka,A.V.Bystrova,A.Patmalnieks 和 A.L.Kholkin,J.Phys.:Condens.Matter 23,065302(2011)]非常接近。