Nanoscale characterization of nautilus shell structure: An example of natural self-assembly

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1484-1489

  Velázquez Castillo, Rod ^a,b   Reyes Gasga, J ^a,c   Garcia Gutierrez D I ^a   Jose Yacaman, M ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b CENTRO DE FÍSICA APLICADA Y TECNOLOGÍA AVANZADA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CHARACTERIZATION; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; HIGH RESOLUTION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SELF ASSEMBLY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ARAGONITE NANOCRYSTALS; CALCIUM CARBONATE; HIGH-ANGLE ANNULAR DARK FIELD; ORTHORHOMBIC;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 33746016319     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2006.0190     Document Type: Article

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