Biomineralization can be considered as nature's strategy to produce and sustain
biominerals, primarily via creation of hard tissues for protection and support. This review …

Extracellular matrix proteins of hard tissues are thought to play a key role in
biomineralization, but whether other types of protein-derived biomolecules can promote the …

Biomineralization processes are now fully recognized as inspiring systems for the design of
new materials. In the case of silica, the formation of diatom shell or sponge spicule has …

Biological materials–hard, soft, and hybrids of both phases–first appeared in marine
environments in ancient oceans. Some of them can be found only in the forms of fossils …

It is well known that extremely cold environments have significant impacts on the ecology,
metabolism, and evolution of psychrophilic organisms. However, the relationship between …

Biominerals are ubiquitous in natural environments where bacteria and metals coexist. For
this chapter, we describe biominerals that are found in close association with bacterial or …

Condensed matter chemistry deals with the synthesis, the composition, the structure, the
property, the interaction and the chemical reaction of condensed matter. The research of an …

This open access book is the proceedings of the 14th International Symposium on
Biomineralization (BIOMIN XIV) held in 2017 at Tsukuba. Over the past 45 years …

Hydroxyapatite (HAP) is the major biomineral of bone. Despite the large number of studies
addressing HAP formation, a fundamental understanding of the critical roles of HAP-forming …

Biological materials are a rewarding area of modern materials science, yielding both
evolutionary insights and inspiration for biomimetic research. In particular, biocomposite …