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

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    Authors
    Pendola, M.
    Jain, G.
    Davidyants, A.
    Huang, Y.
    Gebauer, Denis
    Evans, J.
    Date
    2016
    Collection
    • Curtin Research Publications
    Type
    Journal Article
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    Abstract

    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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    Pendola, M. and Jain, G. and Davidyants, A. and Huang, Y. and Gebauer, D. and Evans, J. 2016. A nacre protein forms mesoscale hydrogels that "hijack" the biomineralization process within a seawater environment. CrystEngComm. 18 (40): pp. 7675-7679.
    Source Title
    CrystEngComm
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/52259
    DOI
    10.1039/c6ce01887d
    Department
    Department of Chemistry

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