A nacre protein forms mesoscale hydrogels that "hijack" the biomineralization process within a seawater environment

This journal is © 2016 The Royal Society of Chemistry.We examined the mineralization performance of a nacre protein, AP7, within seawater mineralization assays that form aragonite and magnesium calcite. Under these conditions AP7 forms hydrogel particles that vary in size and complexity depending up...

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Main Authors: Pendola, M., Jain, G., Davidyants, A., Huang, Y., Gebauer, Denis, Evans, J.
Format: Journal Article
Published: The Royal Society of Chemistry 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/52259
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author Pendola, M.
Jain, G.
Davidyants, A.
Huang, Y.
Gebauer, Denis
Evans, J.
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description This journal is © 2016 The Royal Society of Chemistry.We examined the mineralization performance of a nacre protein, AP7, within seawater mineralization assays that form aragonite and magnesium calcite. Under these conditions AP7 forms hydrogel particles that vary in size and complexity depending upon ionic conditions. These hydrogels "hijack" the mineralization process by limiting nucleation in bulk solution and promoting nucleation within the hydrogels.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-522592017-09-13T15:38:44Z A nacre protein forms mesoscale hydrogels that "hijack" the biomineralization process within a seawater environment Pendola, M. Jain, G. Davidyants, A. Huang, Y. Gebauer, Denis Evans, J. This journal is © 2016 The Royal Society of Chemistry.We examined the mineralization performance of a nacre protein, AP7, within seawater mineralization assays that form aragonite and magnesium calcite. Under these conditions AP7 forms hydrogel particles that vary in size and complexity depending upon ionic conditions. These hydrogels "hijack" the mineralization process by limiting nucleation in bulk solution and promoting nucleation within the hydrogels. 2016 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/52259 10.1039/c6ce01887d The Royal Society of Chemistry unknown
spellingShingle Pendola, M.
Jain, G.
Davidyants, A.
Huang, Y.
Gebauer, Denis
Evans, J.
A nacre protein forms mesoscale hydrogels that "hijack" the biomineralization process within a seawater environment
title A nacre protein forms mesoscale hydrogels that "hijack" the biomineralization process within a seawater environment
title_full A nacre protein forms mesoscale hydrogels that "hijack" the biomineralization process within a seawater environment
title_fullStr A nacre protein forms mesoscale hydrogels that "hijack" the biomineralization process within a seawater environment
title_full_unstemmed A nacre protein forms mesoscale hydrogels that "hijack" the biomineralization process within a seawater environment
title_short A nacre protein forms mesoscale hydrogels that "hijack" the biomineralization process within a seawater environment
title_sort nacre protein forms mesoscale hydrogels that "hijack" the biomineralization process within a seawater environment
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/52259