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18774837

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
19
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-10-1
pubmed:abstractText
Macromolecular layers rich in amino acids and with some sulfated polysaccharides appear to control oriented calcite growth in living organisms. Calcite crystals nucleating under floating acid monolayers have been found to be unoriented on average. We have now observed directly, using in situ grazing incidence X-ray diffraction, that there is a 1:1 match between the monolayer unit cell and the unit cell of the (001) plane of calcite. Thus, sulfate head groups appear to act as templates for the growth of (001)-oriented calcite crystals, which is the orientation commonly found in biominerals.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0743-7463
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
7
pubmed:volume
24
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
10579-82
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Observation of an organic-inorganic lattice match during biomimetic growth of (001)-oriented calcite crystals under floating sulfate monolayers.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.