Anisotropic lattice distortions in biogenic aragonite

Nature Materials

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 900-902

  Pokroy, Boaz ^a   Quintana, John P ^b   Caspi, El'ad N ^c   Berner, Alex ^a   Zolotoyabko, Emil ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CONFORMATIONS; CRYSTAL LATTICES; DIFFRACTOMETERS; DIFFUSION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; GEOLOGY; LATTICE CONSTANTS; MACROMOLECULES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMAL EFFECTS; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION; X RAY SCATTERING;

ANISOTROPIC LATTICE DISTORTIONS; BIOGENIC ARAGONITE; RIETVELD REFINEMENT METHOD; WAVELENGTH-DISPERSIVE X-RAY SPECTROMETRY (WDS);

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

BIOMATERIAL; CALCIUM CARBONATE;

ANIMAL; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFORMATION; EVALUATION; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLLUSC; SEDIMENT;

ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CALCIUM CARBONATE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 10044259941     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat1263     Document Type: Article

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