Crystals (Mar 2021)

Biominerals: Formation, Function, Properties

  • Helmut Cölfen,
  • Erika Griesshaber,
  • Wolfgang W. Schmahl

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst11030299
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 3
p. 299

Abstract

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Triggered by geochemical cycles, large-scale terrestrial processes and evolution, a tremendous biodiversity evolved over the geological record and produced proto- and metazoa with biomineralized hard tissue, characterized by unique structural designs and exquisite performance [...]

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