Biomineralization as an Inspiration for Materials Chemistry

Think Positive: Phase Separation Enables a Positively Charged Additive to Induce Dramatic Changes in Calcium Carbonate Morphology

(2012) Bram Cantaert et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL 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

Capillarity Creates Single-Crystal Calcite Nanowires from Amorphous Calcium Carbonate

(2011) Yi-Yeoun Kim et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Structural purity of magnetite nanoparticles in magnetotactic bacteria

(2011) A. Fischer et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Glycolytic intermediates induce amorphous calcium carbonate formation in crustaceans

(2011) Ai Sato et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

An artificial biomineral formed by incorporation of copolymer micelles in calcite crystals

(2011) Yi-Yeoun Kim et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Amorphous Calcium Carbonate is Stabilized in Confinement

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

Biological Composites

(2010) John W.C. Dunlop et al.   Annual Review of Materials Research

Cryogenic electron tomography reveals the template effect of chitosan in biomimetic silicification

(2010) Boxun Leng et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Biologically programmed synthesis of core-shell CdSe/ZnS nanocrystals

(2010) Shailendra Singh et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

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

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

Hydrophobic Gold Nanoparticle Self-Assembly with Phosphatidylcholine Lipid: Membrane-Loaded and Janus Vesicles

(2010) Michael R. Rasch et al.   NANO LETTERS

Stabilization of amorphous calcium carbonate by controlling its particle size

(2010) Fabio Nudelman et al.   Nanoscale

The role of collagen in bone apatite formation in the presence of hydroxyapatite nucleation inhibitors

(2010) Fabio Nudelman et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

The role of prenucleation clusters in surface-induced calcium phosphate crystallization

(2010) Archan Dey et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Folding and cutting DNA into reconfigurable topological nanostructures

(2010) Dongran Han et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Mapping amorphous calcium phosphate transformation into crystalline mineral from the cell to the bone in zebrafish fin rays

(2010) J. Mahamid et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Cryo-electron tomography: 3-dimensional imaging of soft matter

(2010) Fabio Nudelman et al.   Soft Matter

In situ techniques in biomimetic mineralization studies of calcium carbonate

(2009) Archan Dey et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

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

From wood to bone: multi-step process to convert wood hierarchical structures into biomimetic hydroxyapatite scaffolds for bone tissue engineering

(2009) Anna Tampieri et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

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

(2009) M. Suzuki et al.   SCIENCE

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

(2009) E. M. Pouget et al.   SCIENCE

Silacidins: Highly Acidic Phosphopeptides from Diatom Shells Assist in Silica Precipitation In Vitro

(2008) Stephan Wenzl et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

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

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

Silica Biomineralisation in Diatoms: The Model Organism Thalassiosira pseudonana

(2008) Manfred Sumper et al.   CHEMBIOCHEM

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

(2008) Laurie B. Gower   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Phosphorylated Proteins and Control over Apatite Nucleation, Crystal Growth, and Inhibition

(2008) Anne George et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Controlling Mineral Morphologies and Structures in Biological and Synthetic Systems

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

Calcium Phosphate-Based Osteoinductive Materials

(2008) Racquel Zapanta LeGeros   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Biomimetic CaCO3Mineralization using Designer Molecules and Interfaces

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

Biomimetic Systems for Hydroxyapatite Mineralization Inspired By Bone and Enamel

(2008) Liam C. Palmer et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Diatoms, Biomineralization Processes, and Genomics

(2008) Mark Hildebrand   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Magnetotactic Bacteria and Magnetosomes

(2008) Damien Faivre et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

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

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

Nanoparticle-Loaded Magnetophoretic Vesicles

(2008) Maren Krack et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

A Quasi-Time-Resolved CryoTEM Study of the Nucleation of CaCO3under Langmuir Monolayers

(2008) Benoît P. Pichon et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Analysis of the Nucleation and Growth of Amorphous CaCO3by Means of Time-Resolved Static Light Scattering

(2008) Jianing Liu et al.   LANGMUIR

Stable Prenucleation Calcium Carbonate Clusters

(2008) Denis Gebauer et al.   SCIENCE