Many crystallization processes of great importance, including frost heave, biomineralization,
the synthesis of nanomaterials, and scale formation, occur in small volumes rather than bulk …

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 …

Rigid biological systems are increasingly becoming a source of inspiration for the fabrication
of next generation advanced functional materials due to their diverse hierarchical structures …

“Non-classical” notions consider formation pathways of crystalline materials where larger
species than monomeric chemical constituents, ie, ions or single molecules, play crucial …

Nature produces biomineral‐based materials with a fascinating set of properties using only
a limited number of elements. This set of properties is obtained by closely controlling the …

Environmentally friendly synthetic methodologies have gradually been implemented as
viable techniques in the synthesis of a range of nanostructures. In this work, we focus on the …

Nacre, or mother-of-pearl, the iridescent inner layer of many mollusk shells, is a biomineral
lamellar composite of aragonite (CaCO3) and organic sheets. Biomineralization frequently …

The calcium carbonate phases calcite, aragonite, vaterite, monohydrocalcite (calcium
carbonate monohydrate), and ikaite (calcium carbonate hexahydrate) were studied by solid …

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

Amorphous calcium carbonate (ACC) was synthesised in the presence of the additives
magnesium and poly (aspartic acid)(pAsp) and the structure and crystallisation of these ACC …