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Calcium Carbonate Polyamorphism and Its Role in Biomineralization: How Many Amorphous Calcium Carbonates Are There?
Julyan H. E. Cartwright, Antonio G. Checa, Julian D. Gale +2
Although the polymorphism of calcium carbonate is well known, and its polymorphs-calcite, aragonite, and vaterite-have been highly studied in the context of biomineralization, poly…
Ice polyamorphism in the minimal Mercedes-Benz model of water
Julyan H. E. Cartwright, Oreste Piro, Pedro A. Sánchez +1
We investigate ice polyamorphism in the context of the two-dimensional Mercedes-Benz model of water. We find a first-order phase transition between a crystalline phase and a high-d…
Mineral bridges in nacre revisited
Antonio G. Checa, Julyan H. E. Cartwright, Marc-Georg Willinger
We confirm with high-resolution techniques the existence of mineral bridges between superposed nacre tablets. In the towered nacre of both gastropods and the cephalopod Nautilus th…
Crystal growth as an excitable medium
Julyan H. E. Cartwright, Antonio G. Checa, Bruno Escribano +1
Crystal growth has been widely studied for many years, and, since the pioneering work of Burton, Cabrera and Frank, spirals and target patterns on the crystal surface have been und…
Beyond crystals: the dialectic of materials and information
Julyan H. E. Cartwright, Alan L. Mackay
We argue for a convergence of crystallography, materials science and biology, that will come about through asking materials questions about biology and biological questions about m…