Controlling Mineral Morphologies and Structures in Biological and Synthetic Systems

Meldrum, Fiona C.; Cölfen, Helmut

doi:10.1021/cr8002856

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“…Calcium carbonate (CaCO 3 ) is the biomineral phase in many of the highly rigid marine biological structural materials such as the nacre of abalone, conch and other marine mollusks as well as urchin spines and some crustacean exoskeletons [66][67][68][69]. Amorphous CaCO 3 is employed as a precursor to crystalline structures that generally take the form of aragonite (orthorhombic) or calcite (rhombohedral) depending on the growth parameters [68].…”

Section: Biomineralsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Amorphous CaCO 3 is employed as a precursor to crystalline structures that generally take the form of aragonite (orthorhombic) or calcite (rhombohedral) depending on the growth parameters [68]. Biologically this differentiation is realized through the use of biopolymers and macromolecules as templating agents [69][70][71].…”

Section: Biomineralsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…These silica structures are templated by biopolymers into the structural elements of many marine organisms. [68], (c) [212].…”

Section: Biomineralsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…thought to be a single crystal [166,167], it has recently been shown that the structure consists of periodic and uniform nanocrystals, 30-50 nm in diameter, with parallel crystallographic alignment (Fig. 22a-b) [68,[163][164][165]. These nanocrystals are held together with layers of amino acids (mainly aspartic and glutamic acid) with a thickness of several hundred nanometers [165][166][167].…”

Section: Sea Urchin Spinesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Structure and mechanical properties of selected protective systems in marine organisms

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Taylor

Porter

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Materials Science and Engineering: C

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Section: Biomineralsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Biomineralsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…These silica structures are templated by biopolymers into the structural elements of many marine organisms. [68], (c) [212].…”

Section: Biomineralsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Sea Urchin Spinesmentioning

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Structure and mechanical properties of selected protective systems in marine organisms

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Taylor

Porter

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Materials Science and Engineering: C

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“…As the roles of liquid-like precursors and coacervate phases of inorganic as well as organic systems are gradually being deciphered, their biological consequences emerge as significant in the field of mineralization. Stabilization of a transient inorganic liquid and amorphous phase by polymeric additives establishes a phase which exhibits liquid-like properties such as shape-adaptability (pseudomorphic transformation) and surface tension (Berg et al 2013;Bewernitz et al 2012;Gower and Odom 2000;Meldrum and Cölfen 2008;Olszta et al 2009). Such phases are suggested to play a fundamental role as a precursor phase in the morphogenesis of calcium-based biominerals such as enamel and bone (Olszta et al 2009).…”

Section: Mineralization and Liquid-like Phasesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Mineralization and non-ideality: on nature’s foundry

Rao¹,

Cölfen

2016

Biophys Rev

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Understanding how ions, ion-clusters and particles behave in non-ideal environments is a fundamental question concerning planetary to atomic scales. For biomineralization phenomena wherein diverse inorganic and organic ingredients are present in biological media, attributing biomaterial composition and structure to the chemistry of singular additives may not provide a holistic view of the underlying mechanisms. Therefore, in this review, we specifically address the consequences of physico-chemical non-ideality on mineral formation. Influences of different forms of non-ideality such as macromolecular crowding, confinement and liquid-like organic phases on mineral nucleation and crystallization in biological environments are presented. Novel prospects for the additive-controlled nucleation and crystallization are accessible from this biophysical view. In this manner, we show that non-ideal conditions significantly affect the form, structure and composition of biogenic and biomimetic minerals.

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Soft Matter Science—a Historical Overview with a Supramolecular Perspective

Smith

2012

Supramolecular Chemistry

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Soft matter science is one of the most active interdisciplinary fields of research, sitting at the interface between chemistry, biology, and condensed matter physics. One of the reasons for the intense interest in soft matter systems is that they are highly dynamic and responsive to a range of different stimuli, making them of interest for a wide range of smart applications. This article provides an introductory overview of the topic of soft matter science and attempts to place it in a historical context, tracing the genesis of the field from its disparate roots in colloid science, liquid crystals, and polymer chemistry. In particular, the article demonstrates how soft matter systems relate to the area of supramolecular science, and it attempts to connect the genesis of the supramolecular approach to soft matter nanoscience with the disparate areas of research that underpin it. In this way, it is possible to achieve a holistic approach to the development of soft matter systems with applications in nanoscience and technology.

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Controlling Mineral Morphologies and Structures in Biological and Synthetic Systems

Cited by 1,288 publications

References 683 publications

Structure and mechanical properties of selected protective systems in marine organisms

Structure and mechanical properties of selected protective systems in marine organisms

Mineralization and non-ideality: on nature’s foundry

Soft Matter Science—a Historical Overview with a Supramolecular Perspective

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