Helical microstructures in molluscan biomineralization are a biological example of close packed helices that may form from a colloidal liquid crystal precursor in a twist–bend nematic phase
Year: 2022
Type: article
Abstract: We demonstrate that nature has produced a close-packed helical twisted filamentous material in the biomineralization of the mollusk.In liquid crystals, twist-bend nematics have been predicted and observed.We present and analyze evidence that the helical biomineral microstructure of mollusk shells may be formed from such a liquid-crystal precursor.
Source: Physical Review Materials
Institutions: AGH University of Krakow, Universidad de Granada, Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut des Sciences de la Terre, Université Gustave Eiffel, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, Université Grenoble Alpes, Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Language: English
Subfield: Biomaterials
Field: Materials Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4306409905