Biomineralization I: Crystallization and Self-Organization Process

✍ Scribed by Marc Fricke, Dirk Volkmer (auth.), Kensuke Naka (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 206
• Series: Topics in Current Chemistry 270
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

From the reviews:

"The five chapters of Biomineralization, volume 1, provide a bridge between the mineralogy and the organic substrates that enable the mineral formation by organisms in nature and under laboratory conditions. … The book is a most useful reference for all concerned with biomineralization and biogenic minerals, and it also belongs on the shelves of earth science libraries." (Abraham Lerman, The Journal of Geology, March, 2008)

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-XII
Crystallization of Calcium Carbonate Beneath Insoluble Monolayers: Suitable Models of Mineral–Matrix Interactions in Biomineralization?....Pages 1-41
Self-Organized Formation of Hierarchical Structures....Pages 43-72
Fluorapatite-Gelatine-Nanocomposites: Self-Organized Morphogenesis, Real Structure and Relations to Natural Hard Materials....Pages 73-125
Inorganic-Organic Interfacial Interactions in Hydroxyapatite Mineralization Processes....Pages 127-153
Detoxification Biominerals....Pages 155-185
Back Matter....Pages 187-199

✦ Subjects

Inorganic Chemistry; Biomaterials; Organic Chemistry; Nanotechnology; Mineralogy