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The dynamics of nacre self-assembly

Year: 2006

Type: article

Abstract: We show how nacre and pearl construction in bivalve and gastropod molluscs can be understood in terms of successive processes of controlled self-assembly from the molecular- to the macro-scale. This dynamics involves the physics of the formation of both solid and liquid crystals and of membranes and fluids to produce a nanostructured hierarchically constructed biological composite of polysaccharides, proteins and mineral, whose mechanical properties far surpass those of its component parts.

Source: Journal of The Royal Society Interface

DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2006.0188

Authors: Julyan H.E Cartwright, Antonio G Checa

Institutions: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universidad de Granada

Language: English

Topic: Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition

Subfield: Biomaterials

Field: Materials Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2109455351

FWCI: 5.764

Cites: 61

Cited by: 250

Related to: 10