The development of bottom-up crystallization strategies to fabricate single crystals patterned
on the micro-and nanometer scale is of great technological significance, as these patterned …

Our biomimetic approach for fabricating organic-inorganic composites with structures similar
to biominerals is based on a novel mineralization process, called the Polymer-Induced …

Calcite crystals with a rhombohedral morphology were synthesized using a biomimetic
method in the presence of organic structure-directing agents (chitosan and gum arabic) …

Polysaccharides control the growth of calcite in coccoliths by adsorbing preferentially onto
particular surfaces of the calcite crystal. We chose four units from the coccolith associated …

Growth by oriented assembly of nanoparticles is a widely reported phenomenon for many
crystal systems. While often deduced through morphological analyses, direct evidence for …

Organic template-directed mineralization of calcite crystals has been probed in situ by
external reflection− absorption FTIR spectroscopy in an effort to understand the dynamics of …

Biominerals typically form within localized volumes, affording organisms great control over
the mineralization process. The influence of such confinement on crystallization is studied …

A Platonic relationship: Calcite single and mesocrystals with two platonic shapes and
minimal surfaces are formed by a unified polymer-controlled nanoparticle aggregation. The …

Organisms can exert a remarkable degree of control over crystal growth. One way of
achieving this is by the adsorption of specialized macromolecules on specific planes of the …

Morphological control during mineral crystallization is one of the prominent hallmarks of
biomineralization. Organisms can employ some of functional macromolecules to produce …