Crystal architecture of the tooth and jaw bone (pyramid) of the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus

Bioinspired, Biomimetic and Nanobiomaterials

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 133-140

  Griesshaber, E ^a   Goetz, A J ^a,b   Howard, L ^c   Ball, A ^c   Ruff, S ^a   Schmahl, W W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3 d crystallographic co orientation; Functional nanobiomaterial; Hierarchical hybrid composite; Mesocrystal; Multiscale structure; Sea urchin tooth; Self sharpening

Indexed keywords

BONE; CALCITE; HYBRID MATERIALS; MULTIPLEXING; NEEDLES; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHELLFISH;

3-D CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC CO-ORIENTATION; FUNCTIONAL NANOBIOMATERIAL; HYBRID COMPOSITES; MESOCRYSTAL; MULTI-SCALE STRUCTURES; SEA URCHIN; SELF-SHARPENING;

MAMMALS;

EID: 84870916862     PISSN: 20459858     EISSN: 20459866     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/bbn.11.00018     Document Type: Article

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