Biologically formed amorphous calcium carbonate

Connective Tissue Research

Volumn 44, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages 214-218

  Weiner, Steve ^a   Levi Kalisman, Yael ^a   Raz, Sefi ^a   Addadi, Lia ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Amorphous; Biomineralization; Calcium carbonate; EXAFS; Infrared spectroscopy; Raman spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE;

ARTICLE; BIOMINERALIZATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; BODY DISTRIBUTION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SOLUBILITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TAXON; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0037240534     PISSN: 03008207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03008200390181681     Document Type: Article

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