Structure of sea urchin spines, large biogenic single crystals of calcite

Journal of Materials Science

Volumn 35, Issue 22, 2000, Pages 5545-5551

  Su, X ^a   Kamat, S ^a   Heuer, A H ^a  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; POROUS MATERIALS; PROTEINS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SINGLE CRYSTALS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

HETEROCENTROTUS TRIGONARIUS; PROTEIN OCCLUSIONS; SEA URCHIN SPINES; X RAY BACK REFLECTION LAUE TECHNIQUE;

CALCITE;

EID: 0034314822     PISSN: 00222461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004840609666     Document Type: Article

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