“…708,709 More to the point, nucleation of apatite crystals onto collagen through a chemical interaction with carboxylate groups of collagen macromolecules has been reported in references 1130-1132. FTIR spectroscopy seems to be the major tool for studying a possible chemical bonding among the phases in calcium orthophosphate-based biocomposites and hybrid biomaterials. 276,310,345,353,355,462,513,600,616,629,635,638,641,644,653,664,673,678,709,753,802,803,847,882,[1133][1134][1135][1136] For example, the characteristic bands at 2,918, …”