and inorganic chemists. In order to seek out industrial and technological
applications, it is necessary to understand the mechanism of the natural biomineralization process. Many templates with different characteristics were used in
experiments, and we only introduce some examples so as to expand visual fields.
Amino acid modified calcite substrate was used as templates by Qiao et al.
(2008b), and the characteristic of amino acid was able to deposit oriented calcite
Fig. 6.21 Morphologies and sketch map of vaterite crystal growth under different protein matrix
function (a, c) WSM in solution, (b, d) ASM in solution (Li 2008)
Fig. 6.22 SEM (a) and XRD (b) result of aragonite crystals on lapillus templates without additive
in the solution (Li 2008)
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applications, it is necessary to understand the mechanism of the natural biomineralization process. Many templates with different characteristics were used in
experiments, and we only introduce some examples so as to expand visual fields.
Amino acid modified calcite substrate was used as templates by Qiao et al.
(2008b), and the characteristic of amino acid was able to deposit oriented calcite
Fig. 6.21 Morphologies and sketch map of vaterite crystal growth under different protein matrix
function (a, c) WSM in solution, (b, d) ASM in solution (Li 2008)
Fig. 6.22 SEM (a) and XRD (b) result of aragonite crystals on lapillus templates without additive
in the solution (Li 2008)
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