Composite Materials Design: Biomineralization Proteins and the Guided Assembly and Organization of Biomineral Nanoparticles

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2019
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Abstract
There has been much discussion of the role of proteins in the calcium carbonate biomineralization process, particularly with regard to nucleation, amorphous stabilization/transformation, and polymorph selection. However, there has been little if any discussion of the potential role that proteins might play in another important process: the guided assembly and organization of mineral nanoparticles into higher-ordered structures such as mesocrystals. This review discusses particle attachment theory and recent evidence of mineral-associated proteins forming hydrogels that assemble and organize mineral clusters into crystalline phase. From this discussion we postulate a mechanism by which biomineralization protein hydrogel aggregation assists in mineral nanoparticle assembly and organization within calcium carbonate skeletal elements and discuss potentials ways for harnessing this process in materials design.
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Authors John Spencer Evans;Evans, John Spencer;
Journal Materials (Basel, Switzerland)
Year 2019
DOI
10.3390/ma12040581
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https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma12040581
Keywords
nanoparticles Proteomics nucleation hydrogels biomineralization biocomposites mesocrystal particle attachment

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