Amorphous layer around aragonite platelets in nacre.

Abstract:

:We reveal that the aragonite CaCO3 platelets in nacre of Haliotis laevigata are covered with a continuous layer of disordered amorphous CaCO3 and that there is no protein interaction with this layer. This finding contradicts classical paradigms of biomineralization, e.g., an epitaxial match between the structural organic matrix and the formed mineral. This finding also highlights the role of physicochemical effects in morphogenesis, complementing the previously assumed total control by biomolecules and bioprocesses, with many implications in nanotechnology and materials science.

authors

Nassif N,Pinna N,Gehrke N,Antonietti M,Jäger C,Cölfen H

doi

10.1073/pnas.0502577102

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2005-09-06 00:00:00

pages

12653-5

issue

36

eissn

0027-8424

issn

1091-6490

pii

0502577102

journal_volume

102

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