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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 7675-7679 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | CRYSTENGCOMM |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue number | 40 |
| Publication status | Published - 2016 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Abstract
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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- Physics and Astronomy(all)
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Chemistry(all)
- General Chemistry
- Materials Science(all)
- General Materials Science
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TY - JOUR
T1 - A nacre protein forms mesoscale hydrogels that "hijack" the biomineralization process within a seawater environment
AU - Pendola, M.
AU - Jain, G.
AU - Davidyants, A.
AU - Huang, Y.-C.
AU - Gebauer, D.
AU - Evans, J.S.
N1 - Funding information: This research was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Division of Materials Sciences and Engineering under Award DE-FG02-03ER46099 (JSE). YCH is supported by a doctoral fellowship of the Taiwanese Ministry of Education. DG is a Research Fellow of the Zukunftskolleg of the University of Konstanz. This report represents contribution number 84 from the Laboratory for Chemical Physics, New York University.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - 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.
AB - 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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U2 - 10.1039/c6ce01887d
DO - 10.1039/c6ce01887d
M3 - Article
VL - 18
SP - 7675
EP - 7679
JO - CRYSTENGCOMM
JF - CRYSTENGCOMM
SN - 1466-8033
IS - 40
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