Table 1.

Summary of physicochemical data of BCP-micro, BCP-nano and BCP-control.

Samples	Grain size	Phase ratio	Porosity	Microporositya	SSA
	(nm)	(HA/β-TCP)	(%)	(%)	(m2 g−1)
BCP-micro	503.9 ± 105.6	73.0/27.0	69.85 ± 1.05	23.67 ± 1.05	0.850 ± 0.054
BCP-nano	122.8 ± 30.1	69.2/30.8	73.66 ± 2.20	33.29 ± 2.67	6.656 ± 1.406
BCP-control	652.9 ± 153.9	21.9/78.1	77.71 ± 1.49	18.51 ± 1.69	0.594 ± 0.146

^aVolume percentage of micropores smaller than 10 μm within the BCP granules.