Biomineralization-inspired synthesis of functional organic/inorganic hybrid materials: organic molecular control of self-organization of hybrids

Morphology tuning in the formation of vaterite crystal thin films with thermoresponsive poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) brush matrices

(2014) Yulai Han et al.   CRYSTENGCOMM

Co-ordinated functions of Mms proteins define the surface structure of cubo-octahedral magnetite crystals in magnetotactic bacteria

(2014) Atsushi Arakaki et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Biomineralization-inspired approach to the development of hybrid materials: preparation of patterned polymer/strontium carbonate thin films using thermoresponsive polymer brush matrices

(2014) Yulai Han et al.   POLYMER JOURNAL

Aragonite Nanorods in Calcium Carbonate/Polymer Hybrids Formed through Self-Organization Processes from Amorphous Calcium Carbonate Solution

(2014) Satoshi Kajiyama et al.   Small

A critical analysis of calcium carbonate mesocrystals

(2014) Yi-Yeoun Kim et al.   Nature Communications

Dehydration and crystallization of amorphous calcium carbonate in solution and in air

(2014) Johannes Ihli et al.   Nature Communications

Bioinspired stiff and flexible composites of nanocellulose-reinforced amorphous CaCO3

(2014) Tsuguyuki Saito et al.   Materials Horizons

A Perfectly Periodic Three-Dimensional Protein/Silica Mesoporous Structure Produced by an Organism

(2013) Igor Zlotnikov et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Heterostructured Calcium Carbonate Microspheres with Calcite Equatorial Loops and Vaterite Spherical Cores

(2013) Sha-Sha Wang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Ethanol assisted synthesis of pure and stable amorphous calcium carbonate nanoparticles

(2013) Shao-Feng Chen et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Tuning the Stability of CaCO3Crystals with Magnesium Ions for the Formation of Aragonite Thin Films on Organic Polymer Templates

(2013) Fangjie Zhu et al.   Chemistry-An Asian Journal

Supramolecular effects on formation of CaCO3thin films on a polymer matrix

(2013) Fangjie Zhu et al.   CRYSTENGCOMM

Effects of Magnesium Ions and Water Molecules on the Structure of Amorphous Calcium Carbonate: A Molecular Dynamics Study

(2013) Hidekazu Tomono et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Bio-inspired formation of functional calcite/metal oxide nanoparticle composites

(2013) Yi-Yeoun Kim et al.   Nanoscale

Structural insight into magnetochrome-mediated magnetite biomineralization

(2013) Marina I. Siponen et al.   NATURE

Flexible Minerals: Self-Assembled Calcite Spicules with Extreme Bending Strength

(2013) F. Natalio et al.   SCIENCE

Structural Biological Materials: Critical Mechanics-Materials Connections

(2013) M. A. Meyers et al.   SCIENCE

Microdomain Transformations in Mosaic Mesocrystal Thin Films

(2012) Yuan Jiang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Biomineralization as an Inspiration for Materials Chemistry

(2012) Fabio Nudelman et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Calcium Carbonate Polyamorphism and Its Role in Biomineralization: How Many Amorphous Calcium Carbonates Are There?

(2012) Julyan H. E. Cartwright et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Biologically synthesized or bioinspired process-derived iron oxides as catalysts for living cationic polymerization of a vinyl ether

(2012) Arihiro Kanazawa et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Solid state crystallization of amorphous calcium carbonate nanoparticles leads to polymorph selectivity

(2012) Elizabeth H. Noel et al.   CRYSTENGCOMM

CaCO3/Chitin hybrids: recombinant acidic peptides based on a peptide extracted from the exoskeleton of a crayfish controls the structures of the hybrids

(2012) Hiromu Kumagai et al.   FARADAY DISCUSSIONS

Oxidation of ferrous hydroxides with nitrate: A versatile method for the preparation of magnetic colloidal particles

(2012) F. Vereda et al.   JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE

Mussel adhesive protein inspired coatings: a versatile method to fabricate silica films on various surfaces

(2012) Akhilesh Rai et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Bio-inspired synthesis of polymer–inorganic nanocomposite materials in mild aqueous systems

(2012) Ayae Sugawara-Narutaki   POLYMER JOURNAL

The Stomatopod Dactyl Club: A Formidable Damage-Tolerant Biological Hammer

(2012) J. C. Weaver et al.   SCIENCE

Biomimetic Calcium Carbonate Concentric Microgrooves with Tunable Widths for Promoting MC3T3-E1 Cell Functions

(2012) Xiaohui Wu et al.   Advanced Healthcare Materials

Biosilica Electrically-Insulating Layers by Soft Lithography-Assisted Biomineralisation with Recombinant Silicatein

(2011) Alessandro Polini et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Photoimaging of Self-Organized CaCO3/Polymer Hybrid Films by Formation of Regular Relief and Flat Surface Morphologies

(2011) Takeshi Sakamoto et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Self-Assembly and Biphasic Iron-Binding Characteristics of Mms6, A Bacterial Protein That Promotes the Formation of Superparamagnetic Magnetite Nanoparticles of Uniform Size and Shape

(2011) Lijun Wang et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Enzymatic Synthesis and Surface Deposition of Tin Dioxide using Silicatein-α

(2011) Rute André et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Magnetic bacterial protein Mms6 controls morphology, crystallinity and magnetism of cobalt-doped magnetite nanoparticles in vitro

(2011) Johanna M. Galloway et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

The cation diffusion facilitator proteins MamB and MamM of Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense have distinct and complex functions, and are involved in magnetite biomineralization and magnetosome membrane assembly

(2011) René Uebe et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Macromolecular Templating for the Formation of Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Structures

(2011) Takashi Kato et al.   MRS BULLETIN

Self-recognition mechanism of MamA, a magnetosome-associated TPR-containing protein, promotes complex assembly

(2011) N. Zeytuni et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Biotemplated Magnetic Nanoparticle Arrays

(2011) Johanna M. Galloway et al.   Small

Magnetoresponsive On-Demand Release of Hybrid Liposomes Formed from Fe3O4 Nanoparticles and Thermosensitive Block Copolymers

(2011) Kiyofumi Katagiri et al.   Small

Bioengineering of the silica-polymerizing enzyme silicatein-α for a targeted application to hydroxyapatite

(2010) Filipe Natalio et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Crystallization of unidirectionally oriented fibrous calcium carbonate on thermo-responsive polymer brush matrices

(2010) Surjith Kumar et al.   CRYSTENGCOMM

Formation of silicones mediated by the sponge enzyme silicatein-α

(2010) Stephan E. Wolf et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

MMS6 Protein Regulates Crystal Morphology during Nano-sized Magnetite Biomineralizationin Vivo

(2010) Masayoshi Tanaka et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Dipeptide-assisted growth of uniform gallium oxohydroxide spindles

(2010) Inho Lee et al.   JOURNAL OF CRYSTAL GROWTH

Occurrence of a Silicatein Gene in Glass Sponges (Hexactinellida: Porifera)

(2010) Galina N. Veremeichik et al.   MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Identification and functional characterization of liposome tubulation protein from magnetotactic bacteria

(2010) Masayoshi Tanaka et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Mineralization of the metre-long biosilica structures of glass sponges is templated on hydroxylated collagen

(2010) Hermann Ehrlich et al.   Nature Chemistry

CaCO3/chitin-whisker hybrids: formation of CaCO3 crystals in chitin-based liquid-crystalline suspension

(2010) Yuya Yamamoto et al.   POLYMER JOURNAL

Comprehensive genetic dissection of the magnetosome gene island reveals the step-wise assembly of a prokaryotic organelle

(2010) D. Murat et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Sponge spicules as blueprints for the biofabrication of inorganic–organic composites and biomaterials

(2009) Werner E. G. Müller et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Whole genome sequence of Desulfovibrio magneticus strain RS-1 revealed common gene clusters in magnetotactic bacteria

(2009) H. Nakazawa et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Control of the morphology and size of magnetite particles with peptides mimicking the Mms6 protein from magnetotactic bacteria

(2009) Atsushi Arakaki et al.   JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE

Silicatein Genes in Spicule-Forming and Nonspicule-forming Pacific Demosponges

(2009) Valeri B. Kozhemyako et al.   MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Calcium Carbonate/Polymer Thin-Film Hybrids: Induction of the Formation of Patterned Aragonite Crystals by Thermal Treatment of a Polymer Matrix

(2009) Takeshi Sakamoto et al.   POLYMER JOURNAL

An Acidic Matrix Protein, Pif, Is a Key Macromolecule for Nacre Formation

(2009) M. Suzuki et al.   SCIENCE

Enzyme-Mediated Deposition of a TiO2Coating onto Biofunctionalized WS2 Chalcogenide Nanotubes

(2008) Muhammad Nawaz Tahir et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Macroscopically Ordered Polymer/CaCO3 Hybrids Prepared by Using a Liquid-Crystalline Template

(2008) Tatsuya Nishimura et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Silicatein expression in the hexactinellid Crateromorpha meyeri: the lead marker gene restricted to siliceous sponges

(2008) Werner E. G. Müller et al.   CELL AND TISSUE RESEARCH

Silicatein and the Translation of its Molecular Mechanism of Biosilicification into Low Temperature Nanomaterial Synthesis

(2008) Richard L. Brutchey et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Biomimetic Model Systems for Investigating the Amorphous Precursor Pathway and Its Role in Biomineralization

(2008) Laurie B. Gower   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Controlling Mineral Morphologies and Structures in Biological and Synthetic Systems

(2008) Fiona C. Meldrum et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Biomimetic CaCO3Mineralization using Designer Molecules and Interfaces

(2008) Nico A. J. M. Sommerdijk et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Protein- and Peptide-Directed Syntheses of Inorganic Materials

(2008) Matthew B. Dickerson et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Fabrication of a Silica Coating on Magnetic γ-Fe2O3Nanoparticles by an Immobilized Enzyme

(2008) Mohammed Ibrahim Shukoor et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Effects of Peptides on CaCO3Crystallization: Mineralization Properties of an Acidic Peptide Isolated from Exoskeleton of Crayfish and Its Derivatives

(2008) Yuya Yamamoto et al.   CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN

Three-Dimensional Relief Structures of CaCO3Crystal Assemblies Formed by Spontaneous Two-Step Crystal Growth on a Polymer Thin Film

(2008) Takeshi Sakamoto et al.   CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN

Toward understanding the morphogenesis of siliceous spicules in freshwater sponge: Differential mRNA expression of spicule-type-specific silicatein genes in Ephydatia fluviatilis

(2008) Kurato Mohri et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL DYNAMICS

Formation of magnetite by bacteria and its application

(2008) A. Arakaki et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface