@inproceedings{a9897b545ff3469d8d9a5a14e9880489,
title = "Biomineralization design strategies and mechanisms of mineral formation: Operating at the edge of instability",
abstract = "The biological approach to forming crystals is proving to be most surprising. Three strategies evolved by organisms to build their mineralized materials will be discussed. These are: 1) Building mineralized structures with stable amorphous phases; 2) building mineralized structures with single crystals; 3) building mineralized structures with polycrystalline organized arrays. Interestingly, all appear to involve at some stage the use of an amorphous mineral phase.",
keywords = "biomineralization, biogenic minerals, amorphous calcium carbonate, spicules, sea urchin, mollusk shell, ascidians, AMORPHOUS CALCIUM-CARBONATE, RAY-ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY, SEA-URCHIN EMBRYOS, ORGANIC MATRIX, CRYSTAL TEXTURE, SHELL FORMATION, MOLLUSK SHELLS, ORGANIZATION, DIFFRACTION, COMPONENTS",
author = "Lia Addadi and Yael Politi and Fabio Nudelman and Steve Weiner",
year = "2008",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-1-4020-6822-5",
series = "NATO Science for Peace and Security Series B - Physics and Biophysics",
publisher = "Springer",
pages = "1--15",
editor = "JJ Novoa and D Braga and L Addadi",
booktitle = "ENGINEERING OF CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS PROPERTIES",
address = "United Kingdom",
note = "39th Course of the International School of Crystallography on Engineering of Crystalline Materials Properties ; Conference date: 07-06-2007 Through 17-06-2007",
}