The structural, compositional and mechanical features of the calcite shell of the barnacle Tetraclita rufotincta

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 175, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 311-318

  Astachov, Liliana ^a   Nevo, Zvi ^b   Brosh, Tamar ^b   Vago, Razi ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Barnacle; Biomineralization; Calcite

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE;

ARTICLE; BARNACLE; BIOMINERALIZATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; GEOMETRY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TETRACLITA RUFOTINCTA; VISCOELASTICITY;

ANIMAL SHELLS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM CARBONATE; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; THORACICA;

TETRACLITA RUFOTINCTA; THORACICA;

EID: 79960927827     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2011.04.014     Document Type: Article

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