A Chicken's Egg as a Reaction Vessel to Explore Biomineralization

Journal of Bionic Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 133-141

  Bera, Tanmay ^a   Ramachandrarao, P ^b  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL ADVANCED RESEARCH CENTRE FOR POWDER METALLURGY AND NEW MATERIALS ARCI   (India)

Author keywords

bio membranes; biomimetics; biomineralization; eggs; organic inorganic interface; proteins

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; BIOMIMETICS; BIOMINERALIZATION; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CALCITE; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; PROTEINS;

NATURAL COMPOSITES; ORGANIC PHASES; ORGANIC-INORGANIC INTERFACE; SEMI-METALS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 34848881596     PISSN: 16726529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1672-6529(07)60025-0     Document Type: Article

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