Overview of the amorphous precursor phase strategy in biomineralization

Frontiers of Materials Science in China

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 104-108

  Weiner, Steve ^a   Mahamid, Julia ^a   Politi, Yael ^a   Ma, Yurong ^a   Addadi, Lia ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Amorphous calcium carbonate; Calcium carbonate; Precursor phase

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349145667     PISSN: 16737377     EISSN: 16737482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11706-009-0036-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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