First steps in harnessing the potential of biomineralization as a route to new high-performance composite materials

Acta Materialia

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 733-736

  Belcher, A M ^a   Hansma, P K ^a   Stucky, G D ^a,b   Morse, D E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CRYSTAL GROWTH; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEATION;

ARAGONITE; BIOMINERALIZATION;

PROTEINS;

EID: 0031599255     PISSN: 13596454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-6454(97)00253-X     Document Type: Article

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