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Phase-field modeling of biomineralization in mollusks and corals: Microstructure vs. formation mechanism
László Gránásy, László Rátkai, Gyula I. Tóth +3
While biological crystallization processes have been studied on the microscale extensively, models addressing the mesoscale aspects of such phenomena are rare. In this work, we inv…
Hyperspectral interference tomography of nacre
Jad Salman, Cayla A. Stifler, Alireza Shahsafi +12
Structural characterization of biologically formed materials is essential for understanding biological phenomena and their environment, and generating new bio-inspired engineering…
X-ray linear dichroic ptychography
Yuan Hung Lo, Jihan Zhou, Arjun Rana +11
Biominerals such as seashells, corals skeletons, bone, and enamel are optically anisotropic crystalline materials with unique nano- and micro-scale organization that translates int…
Narrowly distributed crystal orientation in biomineral vaterite
Boaz Pokroy, Lee Kabalah Amitai, Iryna Polishchuk +6
Biominerals formed by animals provide skeletal support, and many other functions. They were previously shown to grow by aggregation of amorphous nanoparticles, but never to grow io…
Crystal nucleation and near-epitaxial growth in nacre
Ian C. Olson, Adam Z. Blonsky, Nobumichi Tamura +2
Nacre is a layered, iridescent lining found inside many mollusk shells, with a unique brick-and-mortar periodic structure at the sub-micron scale, and remarkable resistance to frac…
Ordering in red abalone nacre
Rebecca A. Metzler, Dong Zhou, Mike Abrecht +2
Red abalone nacre is an intensely studied biomineral, and yet its formation mechanism remains poorly understood. Here we report quantitative measurements probing the degree of orde…