Biomineralization: Integrating mechanism and evolutionary history

PUPA Gilbert, KD Bergmann, N Boekelheide… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Calcium carbonate (CaCO3) biomineralizing organisms have played major roles in the
history of life and the global carbon cycle during the past 541 Ma. Both marine diversification …

Molecular-scale mechanisms of CO2 mineralization in nanoscale interfacial water films

MJ Abdolhosseini Qomi, QRS Miller, S Zare… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
The calamitous impacts of unabated carbon emission from fossil-fuel-burning energy
infrastructure call for accelerated development of large-scale CO2 capture, utilization and …

Stability of alkalinity in Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement (OAE) approaches – consequences for durability of CO2 storage

J Hartmann, N Suitner, C Lim… - Biogeosciences …, 2022 - bg.copernicus.org
According to modelling studies, ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE) is one of the proposed
carbon dioxide removal (CDR) approaches with large potential, and the beneficial side …

Emerging investigator series: kinetics of diopside reactivity for carbon mineralization in mafic–ultramafic rocks

B Aguila, L Hardee, HT Schaef, S Zare… - Environmental …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The ongoing use of fossil fuels to supply modern energy demands has necessitated
research on combating carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and climate change. Carbon …

Integrative analysis of the mineralogical and chemical composition of modern microbialites from ten Mexican lakes: What do we learn about their formation?

N Zeyen, K Benzerara, O Beyssac, D Daval… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2021 - Elsevier
Interpreting the environmental conditions under which ancient microbialites formed relies
upon comparisons with modern analogues. This is why we need a detailed reference …

Structure of an amorphous calcium carbonate phase involved in the formation of Pinctada margaritifera shells

TA Grünewald, S Checchia, H Dicko… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Some mollusc shells are formed from an amorphous calcium carbonate (ACC) compound,
which further transforms into a crystalline material. The transformation mechanism is not fully …

Post-mortem recrystallization of biogenic amorphous calcium carbonate guided by the inherited macromolecular framework

J Stolarski, I Coronado, M Potocka, K Janiszewska… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
In contrast to abiotically formed carbonates, biogenetic carbonates have been observed to
be nanocomposite, organo-mineral structures, the basic build-blocks of which are particles …

CO2 Mineralization by MgO Nanocubes in Nanometric Water Films

NT Luong, N Veyret, JF Boily - ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2023 - ACS Publications
Water films formed by the adhesion and condensation of air moisture on minerals can trigger
the formation of secondary minerals of great importance to nature and technology …

Thin water films enable low-temperature magnesite growth under conditions relevant to geologic carbon sequestration

SN Kerisit, ST Mergelsberg, CJ Thompson… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Injecting supercritical CO2 (scCO2) into basalt formations for long-term storage is a
promising strategy for mitigating CO2 emissions. Mineral carbonation can result in …

A non-classical crystallization mechanism of microbially-induced disordered dolomite

D Liu, T Chen, Z Dai, D Papineau, X Qiu… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2024 - Elsevier
Non-classical crystallization pathways, involving the formation of complex precursors prior to
nucleation, have been observed during the calcification process of invertebrate skeletons …