With their unique ability for substrate recognition and their sequence-specific self-assembly
properties, peptides play an important role in controlling the mineralization of inorganic …

Many organisms produce complex, hierarchically structured, inorganic materials via protein-
influenced crystal growth a process known as biomineralization. Understanding this …

Proteins can control mineralization of CaCO3 by selectively triggering the growth of calcite,
aragonite or vaterite phases. The templating of CaCO3 by proteins must occur …

Previous studies have reported that the metastable vaterite phase of calcium carbonate can
be stabilized in solution by acidic additives. Here we demonstrate that vaterite can also be …

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

The molecular-level understanding and rationalization of nature s clues on how to produce
complex, organized structures such as bone, teeth, and seashells at ambient temperature …

Calcium carbonate biomineralization utilizing a multifunctional β-sheet peptide template -
Chemical Communications (RSC Publishing) DOI:10.1039/C3CC44947E Royal Society of …

Two pseudopeptide foldamers with similar backbones, one containing a D-4-carboxy-5-
methyl-oxazolidin-2-one moiety (1) and the other a D-proline moiety (2), self-assembled in a …

Biomineralization is a widespread phenomenon in nature leading to the formation of a
variety of solid inorganic structures by living organisms, such as intracellular crystals in …

In biominerals, proteins are key elements in the controlled nucleation and growth of the
mineral phase. We report here on the coupled evolution of the organic and inorganic …