Parallel Mappings as a Key for Understanding the Bioinorganic Materials

• Authors: A. Kuczumow , J. Nowak , R. Chałas
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Important bioinorganic objects, both living and fossilized are as a rule characterized by a complex microscopic structure. For biological samples, the cell-like and laminar as well as growth ring structures are among most significant. Moreover, these objects belong to a now widely studied category of biominerals with composite, inorganic-organic structure. Such materials are composed of a limited number of inorganic compounds and several natural organic polymers. This apparently simple composition leads to an abnormal variety of constructions significant from the medical (repairs and implants), natural (ecological effectiveness) and material science (biomimetic synthesis) point of view. The analysis of an image obtained in an optical microscope, optionally in a scanning electron microscope is a topographical reference for further investigations. For the characterization of the distribution of chemical elements and compounds in a material, techniques such as X-ray, electron- or proton microprobes are applied. Essentially, elemental mappings are collected in this stage. The need for the application of an X-ray diffraction microprobe is obvious and our experience indicates on the necessity of using the synchrotron-based devices due to their better spatial resolution and good X-ray intensity. To examine the presence of the organic compounds, the Raman microprobe measurements are good options. They deliver information about the spatial distribution of functional groups and oscillating fragments of molecules. For the comprehensive investigation of bioinorganic material structural and chemical features, we propose the following sequence of methods: optical imaging, elemental mapping, crystallographic mapping, organic mapping and micromechanical mapping. The examples of such an approach are given for: petrified wood, human teeth, and an ammonite shell.

Keywords

EN

78.70.En; 87.64.Bx; 87.64.Dz; 87.59.-e; 82.80.-d

Discipline

• 78.70.En: X-ray emission spectra and fluorescence
• 82.80.-d: Chemical analysis and related physical methods of analysis(for related instrumentation, see section 07; for spectroscopic techniques in biological physics, see 87.64.-t)
• 87.64.Bx: Electron, neutron and x-ray diffraction and scattering
• 87.59.-e: X-ray imaging
• 87.64.Dz: Scanning tunneling and atomic force microscopy

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 115
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 482-488

Dates

published

2009-02

Contributors

author

A. Kuczumow

• Department of Chemistry, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Kraśnicka 102, 20-718 Lublin, Poland

author

J. Nowak

• Department of Chemistry, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Kraśnicka 102, 20-718 Lublin, Poland

author

R. Chałas

• Department of Conservative Dentistry, Medical University of Lublin, Karmelicka 7, 20-081 Lublin, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.115.482