Composite material and method of manufacturing composite material
AssigneeKoito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
InventorsKiminori ENOMOTO, Hisayoshi DAICHO, Yu SHINOMIYA
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Abstract
A composite material includes: an apatite crystal in the form of a tube; and a functional component accommodated in the apatite crystal tube and constituted by a material having physical properties different from those of the apatite crystal. The apatite crystal may be a monocrystal given by the general formula M25(PO4)3X, where M2 denotes at least one element selected from the group consisting of divalent alkali earth metals and Eu, and X denotes at least one element or molecule selected from the group consisting of halogens and OH.
Claims12
A composite material comprising:
- an apatite crystal in the form of a tube;
- and
- a functional component accommodated in the apatite crystal tube and constituted by a material of physical properties different from those of the apatite crystal.
A method of a manufacturing a composite material, comprising:
- placing, tube-internally in an apatite crystal in the form of a tube, a metallic material of rigidity higher than that of the apatite crystal;
- and
- fusing and immobilizing the metallic material with a laser beam transmitted through the apatite crystal.
A method of manufacturing a composite material, comprising:
- adsorbing avidin molecules tube-internally into an apatite crystal in the form of a tube;
- and
- infusing the tube interior with a solution containing a biotin-labeled enzyme to immobilize the enzyme inside the tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.