Metallo-oxide (MO)-based bioinorganic nanocomposites promise unique structures,
physicochemical properties, and novel biochemical functionalities, and within the past …

In the last few years, the field of molluscan biomineralization has known a tremendous
mutation, regarding fundamental concepts on biomineralization regulation as well as …

Biomineralized structures and tissues are composites, containing a biologically produced
organic matrix and nano-or microscale amorphous or crystalline minerals. Two main …

It has long been recognized that a suite of proteins exists in coral skeletons that is critical for
the oriented precipitation of calcium carbonate crystals, yet these proteins remain poorly …

Biomineralization research on mollusc shells has mostly focused on nacre formation. Chitin,
silk fibroin protein, and acidic macromolecules are important components for shell formation …

Owing to the inherently multi-scale hydrophilicity of concrete, water and corrosive ions that
may cause deterioration can easily adsorb to the surface through capillarity, and further …

In corals, biocalcification is a major function that may be drastically affected by ocean
acidification (OA). Scleractinian corals grow by building up aragonitic exoskeletons that …

Biomineralization is an inherently structural subject; the structure of the mineral phase, the
structure of the matrix composed of macromolecules and especially the structure of the …

The impact of the ovo proteins ovalbumin and lysozyme present in the first stage of egg
shell formation on the homogeneous formation of the liquid amorphous calcium carbonate …

Proteins that are occluded within the molluscan shell, the so‐called shell matrix proteins
(SMP s), are an assemblage of biomolecules attractive to study for several reasons. They …