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.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | ENGINEERING OF CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS PROPERTIES |
| Editors | JJ Novoa, D Braga, L Addadi |
| Place of Publication | DORDRECHT |
| Publisher | Springer Japan |
| Pages | 1-15 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-1-4020-6822-5 |
| Publication status | Published - 2008 |
| Event | 39th Course of the International School of Crystallography on Engineering of Crystalline Materials Properties - Erice, Italy Duration: 7 Jun 2007 → 17 Jun 2007 |
Publication series
| Name | NATO Science for Peace and Security Series B - Physics and Biophysics |
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| Publisher | SPRINGER |
| ISSN (Print) | 1871-465X |
Conference
| Conference | 39th Course of the International School of Crystallography on Engineering of Crystalline Materials Properties |
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| Country | Italy |
| Period | 7/06/07 → 17/06/07 |
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