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Cover Picture: Self‐Organizing β‐Sheet Lipopeptide Monolayers as Template for the Mineralization of CaCO 3 (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 5/2006)
Author(s) -
Cavalli Silvia,
Popescu Daniela C.,
Tellers Emily E.,
Vos Matthijn R. J.,
Pichon Benoît P.,
Overhand Mark,
Rapaport Hanna,
Sommerdijk Nico A. J. M.,
Kros Alexander
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200690016
Subject(s) - calcite , biomineralization , template , lipopeptide , monolayer , mineralization (soil science) , cover (algebra) , nanotechnology , materials science , chemistry , chemical engineering , geology , mineralogy , engineering , organic chemistry , paleontology , mechanical engineering , bacteria , nitrogen
Disclosing the secret of biomineralization can lead to the construction of novel organic–inorganic hybrid materials with unique properties. N. A. J. M. Sommerdijk and A. Kros describe in their Communication on page 739 ff. the importance of the adaptability of self‐organized β‐sheet lipopeptide monolayers that act as templates for the developing inorganic phase of calcite. (Cover illustration by Hugo Simões shows a lipopeptide and purple “blocks” of calcite.)