“…Bioinspired composite materials: sorbents for chromatography, bone-like structures and substrates for cell cultures Model polymers should contain groups capable of interacting with the corresponding inorganic phase: basic (amine, imidazole and sometimes hydroxyl or ester oxygen) in the case of silica and acid groups (carboxyl or phosphate) for calcium carbonates and phosphates (Nudelman et al, 2010;Annenkov et al, 2011;Krogstad et al, 2015;Xu et al, 2021). Inorganic particles are formed from low molecular weight precursors such as silicic acid, calcium ions, carbonate or phosphate.…”