This research aims to explore the transformation of calcium phosphate nanoparticle dispersion into a gel-like state using citric acid.
Calcium phosphate nanoparticles were doped with Eu 3+ and coordinated with citric acid.
The dispersion was heated to near physiological temperature to induce gel-like aggregation.
The citric acid-coordinated nanoparticles successfully transformed into a gel-like state upon heating.
Abstract
Citric acid (Cit)-coordinated and Eu 3+ -doped calcium phosphate nanoparticle dispersion was successfully transformed into a gel-like aggregation upon heating near physiological temperature.