Bioinspired Calcium Phosphate Coated Mica Sheets by Vapor Diffusion and Its Effects on Lysozyme Assembly and Crystallization

We propose for the first time the vapor diffusion method to deposit bioinspired calcium phosphate films on mineral substrates, that is, delaminated mica muscovite sheets and to assess the capability of these films to affect the nucleation and growth of lysozyme crystals. Deposited calcium phosphate layers were composed of octacalcium phosphate (OCP) and apatite (Ap) nanocrystals, with increased amount of OCP at higher crystallization times. In...