CaCO3 vaterite microparticles for biomedical and personal care applications

DB Trushina, TV Bukreeva, MV Kovalchuk… - Materials Science and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Among the polymorph modifications of calcium carbonate, the metastable vaterite is the
most practically important. Vaterite particles are applied in regenerative medicine, drug …

Understanding Hierarchical Structure Construction Strategies and Biomimetic Design Principles: A Review

S Jia, T Tao, J Sun, J Du, Y Xie, L Yu, W Tang… - Small …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Organisms use gene and cell engineering to tailor the mineralization process and
synthesize structure composites with special functions and favorable properties. This spurs …

The effect of biomolecules on enzyme-induced calcium carbonate precipitation in cementitious materials

E Baffoe, A Ghahremaninezhad - Construction and Building Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
This study examined the effect of different proteins on the enzyme-induced calcium
carbonate (EICP) processes in a cement environment. The ability of EICP to bind loosely …

Effect of proteins on the mineralization, microstructure and mechanical properties of carbonation cured calcium silicate

E Baffoe, A Ghahremaninezhad - Cement and Concrete Composites, 2023 - Elsevier
The effect of five proteins with different physicochemical properties on the mineralization,
microstructure, and mechanical properties of carbonated wollastonite pastes was examined …

Calcium carbonate microspheres as carriers for the anticancer drug camptothecin

N Qiu, H Yin, B Ji, N Klauke, A Glidle, Y Zhang… - Materials Science and …, 2012 - Elsevier
Biogenic calcium carbonate has come to the attention of many researchers as a promising
drug delivery system due to its safety, pH sensitivity and the large volume of information …

[HTML][HTML] Protein-mediated precipitation of calcium carbonate

I Polowczyk, A Bastrzyk, M Fiedot - Materials, 2016 - mdpi.com
Calcium carbonate is an important component in exoskeletons of many organisms. The
synthesis of calcium carbonate was performed by mixing dimethyl carbonate and an …

Mineral scaling on reverse osmosis membranes: role of mass, orientation, and crystallinity on permeability

M Wang, B Cao, Y Hu… - Environmental Science & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Prior mineral scaling investigations mainly studied the effects of membrane surface
properties rather than on the mineral properties and their impact on membrane permeability …

Comparison of globular albumin methacryloyl and random-coil gelatin methacryloyl: Preparation, hydrogel properties, cell behaviors, and mineralization

Y Chen, MJ Zhai, N Mehwish, MD Xu, Y Wang… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Bovine serum albumin methacryloyl (BSAMA) is a newly emerging photocurable globular
protein-based material whereas gelatin methacryloyl (GelMA) is one of the most popular …

Self-assembly process of soft ferritin-PNIPAAm conjugate bionanoparticles at polar–apolar interfaces

P van Rijn, H Park, K Özlem Nazli, NC Mougin… - Langmuir, 2013 - ACS Publications
We describe an in-depth investigation on the dynamics and assembly behavior at polar–
apolar interfaces of ferritin-PNIPAAm conjugates (poly-N-isopropylacrylamide). The …

Synthetic inorganic materials by mimicking biomineralization processes using native and non-native protein functions

A Schulz, H Wang, P van Rijn, A Böker - Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Nature is able to produce various inorganic structures with very specific fine structures in the
micro-and nano-regime, which are facilitated and controlled by protein-based systems …