Bio-inspired synthesis: understanding and exploitation of the crystallization process from amorphous precursors

In Vitro Synthesis of High Mg Calcite under Ambient Conditions and Its Implication for Biomineralization Process

(2011) Xia Long et al.   CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN

Unveiling the critical process in which organic molecules control the polymorphism of magnesium-containing calcium carbonate: the early nucleation of amorphous precursors or the subsequent amorphous to crystalline transformations?

(2011) Junwu Xiao et al.   CRYSTENGCOMM

Polymorphic and morphological selection of CaCO3 by magnesium-assisted mineralization in gelatin: magnesium-rich spheres consisting of centrally aligned calcite nanorods and their good mechanical properties

(2011) Junwu Xiao et al.   CRYSTENGCOMM

Sequential crystallization of sea urchin-like bimetallic (Ni, Co) carbonate hydroxide and its morphology conserved conversion to porous NiCo2O4 spinel for pseudocapacitors

(2011) Junwu Xiao et al.   RSC Advances

Biomimetic Synthesis, Hierarchical Assembly and Mechanical Properties of Calcite/Chitosan Composites in a Three-Dimensional Chitosan Scaffold

(2010) Junwu Xiao et al.   ADVANCED ENGINEERING MATERIALS

Facile Fabrication of Honeycomb-Patterned Thin Films of Amorphous Calcium Carbonate and Mosaic Calcite

(2010) Cheng Li et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Hollow calcite crystals with complex morphologies formed from amorphous precursors and regulated by surfactant micellar structures

(2010) Junwu Xiao et al.   CRYSTENGCOMM

Confined crystallization of polycrystalline high-magnesium calcite from compact Mg-ACC precursor tablets and its biological implications

(2010) Jun Jiang et al.   CRYSTENGCOMM

Structure, composition and mechanical relations to function in sea urchin spine

(2010) C. Moureaux et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Ni(OH)2Nanoplates Grown on Graphene as Advanced Electrochemical Pseudocapacitor Materials

(2010) Hailiang Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

In situ techniques in biomimetic mineralization studies of calcium carbonate

(2009) Archan Dey et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Biomimetic Mineralization of CaCO3on a Phospholipid Monolayer: From an Amorphous Calcium Carbonate Precursor to Calcite via Vaterite

(2009) Junwu Xiao et al.   LANGMUIR

POLYMORPH SELECTION OF CALCIUM CARBONATE BY THE MORPHOLOGY OF BIOMACROMOLECULES: FROM ARAGONITE, VATERITE TO CALCITE

(2009) JUNWU XIAO et al.   MODERN PHYSICS LETTERS B

Carboxylated molecules regulate magnesium content of amorphous calcium carbonates during calcification

(2009) D. Wang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Initial Stages of Template-Controlled CaCO3 Formation Revealed by Cryo-TEM

(2009) E. M. Pouget et al.   SCIENCE

Self-Assembled Chitosan Nanotemplates for Biomineralization of Controlled Calcite Nanoarchitectures

(2008) Jingming Gong et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Polymorph Switching of Calcium Carbonate Crystals by Polymer-Controlled Crystallization

(2008) An-Wu Xu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Single Crystals with Complex Form via Amorphous Precursors

(2008) Helmut Cölfen   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Bioinspired Fabrication of 3D Ordered Macroporous Single Crystals of Calcite from a Transient Amorphous Phase

(2008) Cheng Li et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

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

Vaterite Selection by Chitosan Gel: An Example of Polymorph Selection by Morphology of Biomacromolecules

(2008) Junwu Xiao et al.   CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN

Forming nacreous layer of the shells of the bivalves Atrina rigida and Pinctada margaritifera: An environmental- and cryo-scanning electron microscopy study

(2008) Fabio Nudelman et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Observation of an Amorphous Calcium Carbonate Precursor on a Stearic Acid Monolayer Formed during the Biomimetic Mineralization of CaCO3

(2008) Yijian Chen et al.   LANGMUIR

Materials for electrochemical capacitors

(2008) Patrice Simon et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Transformation mechanism of amorphous calcium carbonate into calcite in the sea urchin larval spicule

(2008) Y. Politi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Amorphous calcium phosphate is a major component of the forming fin bones of zebrafish: Indications for an amorphous precursor phase

(2008) J. Mahamid et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Stable Prenucleation Calcium Carbonate Clusters

(2008) Denis Gebauer et al.   SCIENCE

Peptides Enhance Magnesium Signature in Calcite: Insights into Origins of Vital Effects

(2008) A. E. Stephenson et al.   SCIENCE

Bioinspired Design and Assembly of Platelet Reinforced Polymer Films

(2008) L. J. Bonderer et al.   SCIENCE

MATERIALS SCIENCE: Electrochemical Capacitors for Energy Management

(2008) J. R. Miller et al.   SCIENCE

Tough, Bio-Inspired Hybrid Materials

(2008) E. Munch et al.   SCIENCE

Calcium Carbonate Storage in Amorphous Form and Its Template-Induced Crystallization†

(2007) T. Yong-Jin Han et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS