A perspective on underlying crystal growth mechanisms in biomineralization: solution mediated growth versus nanosphere particle accretion

Particle Accretion Mechanism Underlies Biological Crystal Growth from an Amorphous Precursor Phase

(2014) Assaf Gal et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Pre-nucleation clusters as solute precursors in crystallisation

(2014) Denis Gebauer et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Calcite Crystal Growth by a Solid-State Transformation of Stabilized Amorphous Calcium Carbonate Nanospheres in a Hydrogel

(2013) Assaf Gal et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Water in the formation of biogenic minerals: Peeling away the hydration layers

(2013) Jason R. Dorvee et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Nucleation and growth of magnetite from solution

(2013) Jens Baumgartner et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Magnetotactic bacteria form magnetite from a phosphate-rich ferric hydroxide via nanometric ferric (oxyhydr)oxide intermediates

(2013) J. Baumgartner et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Initial stages of calcium uptake and mineral deposition in sea urchin embryos

(2013) N. Vidavsky et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Microscopic Evidence for Liquid-Liquid Separation in Supersaturated CaCO3 Solutions

(2013) A. F. Wallace et al.   SCIENCE

Crystal Growth of Calcium Carbonate in Hydrogels as a Model of Biomineralization

(2012) Emily Asenath-Smith et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Biomineralization as an Inspiration for Materials Chemistry

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

The thermodynamics of calcite nucleation at organic interfaces: Classical vs. non-classical pathways

(2012) Q. Hu et al.   FARADAY DISCUSSIONS

Phase transitions in biogenic amorphous calcium carbonate

(2012) Y. U. T. Gong et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The role of intracellular calcium phosphate in osteoblast-mediated bone apatite formation

(2012) S. Boonrungsiman et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Direction-Specific Interactions Control Crystal Growth by Oriented Attachment

(2012) D. Li et al.   SCIENCE

Crystallization Pathways in Biomineralization

(2011) Steve Weiner et al.   Annual Review of Materials Research

Mineral and Matrix Components of the Operculum and Shell of the BarnacleBalanus amphitrite: Calcite Crystal Growth in a Hydrogel

(2011) Gal Mor Khalifa et al.   CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN

Bone mineralization proceeds through intracellular calcium phosphate loaded vesicles: A cryo-electron microscopy study

(2011) Julia Mahamid et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Amorphous Calcium Carbonate is Stabilized in Confinement

(2010) Christopher J. Stephens et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

On the Stability of Amorphous Minerals in Lobster Cuticle

(2009) Ali Al-Sawalmih et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Amorphous calcium carbonate in the shell material of the brachiopod Megerlia truncata

(2009) Erika Griesshaber et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MINERALOGY

Transient amorphous calcium phosphate in forming enamel

(2009) Elia Beniash et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

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

(2009) E. M. Pouget et al.   SCIENCE

Microtexture and Chitin/Calcite Orientation Relationship in the Mineralized Exoskeleton of the American Lobster

(2008) Ali Al-Sawalmih et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

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

Structural Characteristics of Synthetic Amorphous Calcium Carbonate

(2008) F. Marc Michel et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Multiscale structure of calcite fibres of the shell of the brachiopod Terebratulina retusa

(2008) M. Cusack et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Amorphous calcium carbonate biomineralization in the earthworm’s calciferous gland: Pathways to the formation of crystalline phases

(2008) L. Gago-Duport et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Crystallization of calcite from amorphous calcium carbonate: earthworms show the way

(2008) M. R. Lee et al.   MINERALOGICAL MAGAZINE

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

Nanostructures of the aragonitic otolith of cod (Gadus morhua)

(2007) Yannicke Dauphin et al.   MICRON