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Crystallization by Amorphous Particle Attachment: On the Evolution of Texture
Author(s) -
Schoeppler Vanessa,
Stier Deborah,
Best Richard J.,
Song Chengyu,
Turner John,
Savitzky Benjamin H.,
Ophus Colin,
Marcus Matthew A.,
Zhao Shiteng,
Bustillo Karen,
Zlotnikov Igor
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.202101358
Subject(s) - biomineralization , crystallization , materials science , texture (cosmology) , amorphous solid , particle (ecology) , monomer , mineral , kinetics , amorphous calcium carbonate , calcium carbonate , crystallography , chemical engineering , crystal (programming language) , mineralogy , chemical physics , polymer , composite material , metallurgy , chemistry , geology , programming language , oceanography , physics , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence , computer science , engineering , image (mathematics)
Crystallization by particle attachment (CPA) is a gradual process where each step has its own thermodynamic and kinetic constrains defining a unique pathway of crystal growth. An important example is biomineralization of calcium carbonate through amorphous precursors that are morphed into shapes and textural patterns that cannot be envisioned by the classical monomer‐by‐monomer approach. Here, a mechanistic link between the collective kinetics of mineral deposition and the emergence of crystallographic texture is established. Using the prismatic ultrastructure in bivalve shells as a model, a fundamental leap is made in the ability to analytically describe the evolution of form and texture of biological mineralized tissues and to design the structure and crystallographic properties of synthetic materials formed by CPA.