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

Martin Pendola; Gaurav Jain; Anastasia Davidyants; Yu Chieh Huang; Denis Gebauer; John Spencer Evans

doi:10.1039/c6ce01887d

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

Martin Pendola, Gaurav Jain, Anastasia Davidyants, Yu Chieh Huang, Denis Gebauer, John Spencer Evans

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	7675-7679
Number of pages	5
Journal	CrystEngComm
Volume	18
Issue number	40
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/c6ce01887d
State	Published - 2016

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General Materials Science
Condensed Matter Physics

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