There has been much discussion of the role of proteins in the calcium carbonate
biomineralization process, particularly with regard to nucleation, amorphous stabilization …

Crystals formed by natural biomineralization processes often display exquisite morphologies
not normally seen in synthetic laboratory preparations. This may be attributable to the …

Biomolecules modulate inorganic crystallization to generate hierarchically structured
biominerals, but the atomic structure of the organic-inorganic interfaces that regulate …

In recent years, the prevalence of hydrogel‐like organic matrices in biomineralization has
gained attention as a route to synthesizing a diverse range of crystalline structures. Here …

The characteristic shapes, structures and properties of biominerals arise from their interplay
with a macromolecular matrix,. The developing mineral interacts with acidic …

Nature produces hierarchical, functional materials by shaping amorphous mineral
precursors under physiological conditions. Although biominerals inspire the architectures of …

Recent developments on biomineralization and biomaterials have demonstrated that
proteins play an important role in the formation of biominerals in the body, which induce or …

In the nacre or aragonite layer of the mollusk shell, proteomes that regulate both the early
stages of nucleation and nano-to-mesoscale assembly of nacre tablets from mineral …

Acidic proteins from many biogenic minerals are implicated in directing the formation of
crystal polymorphs and morphologies. We characterize the first extremely acidic proteins …

Different non-classical crystallization mechanisms have been invoked to explain structural
and compositional properties of biocrystals. The identification of precursor amorphous …