The growth of nacre in the abalone shell

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 131-138

  Lin, Albert Yu Min ^a   Chen, Po Yu ^a   Meyers, Marc André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abalone; Biological materials; Biomimetics; Nacre; Self assembly

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMIMETIC PROCESSES; CALCITE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBONATE MINERALS; ENAMELS; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MOLLUSCS; NUCLEATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHELLFISH;

ABALONE; ABALONE SHELL; ARAGONITE POLYMORPH; GROWTH INTERRUPTION; MINERAL BRIDGE; MINERAL FORMATION; NACRE; RANDOM NUCLEATION; STEADY STATE; TRANSITORY PHASE;

SELF ASSEMBLY;

BIOMATERIAL; CALCIUM CARBONATE;

ABALONE; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMIMETICS; BIOMINERALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GROWTH INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALIA; HALIOTIDAE;

EID: 36248962680     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2007.05.005     Document Type: Article

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