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Sommerdijk NAJM & Cusack M (2014) Biomineralization: Crystals competing for space. Nature Materials, 13 (12), pp. 1078-1079. https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat4147
Abstract
Analysis of the growth patterns of calcitic prisms within the shell of the fan molluscPinna nobilisshows that growth can be predicted using grain theory and that the organic casings of the prisms set the thermodynamic boundaries.
Keywords
biomineralization
Journal
Nature Materials: Volume 13, Issue 12
| Status | Published |
|---|---|
| Publication date | 31/12/2014 |
| Publication date online | 20/11/2014 |
| Publisher | Springer Nature |
| ISSN | 1476-1122 |
| eISSN | 1476-4660 |