<P>This handbook provides a comprehensive account of materials science approaches to characterization of biominerals and biomimetic model systems. It covers state-of-the-art in the characterization of atomic and molecular structure, including the latest in diffraction, scattering, and spectroscopy,
Biomineralization
โ Scribed by Patricia M. Dove, James J. De Yoreo, Steve Weiner
- Publisher
- Mineralogical Society of America
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 377
- Series
- Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry'', 54
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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