Issue 7, 1995

Biomineralization and biomimetic materials chemistry

Abstract

The systematic fabrication of organized materials will require the ‘synthesis-with-construction’ of architectures over scales ranging from the molecular to the macroscopic. This article describes four key constructional processes of biomineralization (supramolecular preorganization, interfacial molecular recognition, vectorial regulation and cellular processing) and illustrates how they can provide useful biomimetic archetypes for a molecular/crystal tectonics approach in inorganic materials chemistry.

Article information

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J. Mater. Chem., 1995,5, 935-946

Biomineralization and biomimetic materials chemistry

S. Mann, J. Mater. Chem., 1995, 5, 935 DOI: 10.1039/JM9950500935

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