Experimental techniques for the growth and characterization of silica biomorphs and silica gardens

Methods in Enzymology

Volumn 532, Issue , 2013, Pages 225-256

  Kellermeier, Matthias ^a,b   Glaab, Fabian ^b   Melero García, Emilio ^c   García Ruiz, Juan Manuel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c LABORATORIO DE ESTUDIOS CRISTALOGRÁFICOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Barium carbonate; Biomimetic materials; Biomineralization; Biomorphs; Chemical gardens; Crystallization; Hydrogels; Morphogenesis; Nanocomposites; Silica

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL; SILICON DIOXIDE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; BIOMINERALIZATION; BIREFRINGENCE; CHEMICAL REACTION; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; EXPERIMENTATION; GELATION; GROWTH RATE; MACROMOLECULE; MORPHOGENESIS; PH; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BARIUM CARBONATE; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; BIOMINERALIZATION; BIOMORPHS; CHEMICAL GARDENS; CRYSTALLIZATION; HYDROGELS; MORPHOGENESIS; NANOCOMPOSITES; SILICA;

BARIUM; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; CARBONATES; CRYSTALLIZATION; HYDROGELS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; SILICON DIOXIDE; SOLUTIONS;

EID: 84887257736     PISSN: 00766879     EISSN: 15577988     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-416617-2.00011-4     Document Type: Chapter

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