The unique and frequently beautiful morphologies that characterize many biominerals have
long been a source of fascination. While research began by looking first at individual …

Biologically formed hard tissues, referred to as biominerals, have intrigued the materials
engineering community for years because of the high degree of crystallographic control that …

In Nature living organisms use a whole range of organic-inorganic hybrid materials for a
variety of purposes, including mechanical support, navigation, protection, and defense. 1, 2 …

In this work, we studied the heterogeneous nucleation and growth of CaCO3 within regular
arrays of picoliter droplets created on patterned self-assembled monolayers (SAMs). The …

Just over ninety years ago, the first edition of D'Arcy Thompson's book On Growth and Form
appeared. 1 Much of it is long out of date, but D'Arcy Thompson makes a point of …

Biomineral formation is critical to biological functions of living organisms. For this reason, the
synthesis of complex organic-inorganic composites that typify mineralized tissue such as …

Biominerals are complex inorganic‐organic structures that often show excellent mechanical
properties. Here a bio‐inspired study of a remarkably simple synthetic system is presented …

The ability to control crystallization reactions is required in a vast range of processes
including the production of functional inorganic materials and pharmaceuticals and the …

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

This paper illustrates recent work in the field of crystal growth on self-assembled monolayers
(SAMs). The ability to functionalize a surface with the desired properties and their highly …