Total morphosynthesis of biomimetic prismatic-type CaCO3 thin films
oleh: Chuanlian Xiao, Ming Li, Bingjun Wang, Ming-Feng Liu, Changyu Shao, Haihua Pan, Yong Lu, Bin-Bin Xu, Siwei Li, Da Zhan, Yuan Jiang, Ruikang Tang, Xiang Yang Liu, Helmut Cölfen
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2017-11-01 |
Deskripsi
The exterior layers of mollusk shells are prismatic in nature, endowing them with stiffness and wear resistance. Inspired by these biominerals, here, Jiang and colleagues grow structurally similar prismatic-type CaCO3 thin films with comparable stiffness and hardness.