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Lu Y, Yi L, Fu Z, Xie J, Cheng Q, Fu Z, Zou Z. Nonclassical crystallization of goethite nanorods in limpet teeth by self-assembly of silica-rich nanoparticles reveals structure-mechanical property relations. J Colloid Interface Sci 2024; 669:64-74. [PMID: 38705113 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2024.04.218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2024] [Revised: 04/10/2024] [Accepted: 04/29/2024] [Indexed: 05/07/2024]
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The intricate organization of goethite nanorods within a silica-rich matrix makes limpet teeth the strongest known natural material. However, the mineralization pathway of goethite in organisms under ambient conditions remains elusive. Here, by investigating the multi-level structure of limpet teeth at different growth stages, it is revealed that the growth of goethite crystals proceeds by the attachment of amorphous nanoparticles, a nonclassical crystallization pathway widely observed during the formation of calcium-based biominerals. Importantly, these nanoparticles contain a high amount of silica, which is gradually expelled during the growth of goethite. Moreover, in mature teeth of limpet, the content of silica correlates with the size of goethite crystals, where smaller goethite crystals are densely packed in the leading part with higher content of silica. Correspondingly, the leading part exhibits higher hardness and elastic modulus. Thus, this study not only reveals the nonclassical crystallization pathway of goethite nanorods in limpet teeth, but also highlights the critical roles of silica in controlling the hierarchical structure and the mechanical properties of limpet teeth, thus providing inspirations for fabricating biomimetic materials with excellent properties.
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- Yan Lu
- Hubei Longzhong Laboratory, Wuhan University of Technology Xiangyang Demonstration Zone, Xiangyang 441000, China; State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
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- School of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China; School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China; Suzhou Institute for Advanced Research, University of Science and Technology of China, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, China
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- Hubei Longzhong Laboratory, Wuhan University of Technology Xiangyang Demonstration Zone, Xiangyang 441000, China; State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Hubei Longzhong Laboratory, Wuhan University of Technology Xiangyang Demonstration Zone, Xiangyang 441000, China; State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China.
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Shaked SA, Abehsera S, Ziegler A, Bentov S, Manor R, Weil S, Ohana E, Eichler J, Aflalo ED, Sagi A. A transporter that allows phosphate ions to control the polymorph of exoskeletal calcium carbonate biomineralization. Acta Biomater 2024; 178:221-232. [PMID: 38428510 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2024.02.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2023] [Revised: 02/19/2024] [Accepted: 02/21/2024] [Indexed: 03/03/2024]
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The SLC20A2 transporter supplies phosphate ions (Pi) for diverse biological functions in vertebrates, yet has not been studied in crustaceans. Unlike vertebrates, whose skeletons are mineralized mainly by calcium phosphate, only minute amounts of Pi are found in the CaCO3-mineralized exoskeletons of invertebrates. In this study, a crustacean SLC20A2 transporter was discovered and Pi transport to exoskeletal elements was studied with respect to the role of Pi in invertebrate exoskeleton biomineralization, revealing an evolutionarily conserved mechanism for Pi transport in both vertebrates and invertebrates. Freshwater crayfish, including the study animal Cherax quadricarinatus, require repeated molt cycles for their growth. During the molt cycle, crayfish form transient exoskeletal mineral storage organs named gastroliths, which mostly contain amorphous calcium carbonate (ACC), an unstable polymorph long-thought to be stabilized by Pi. RNA interference experiments via CqSLC20A2 dsRNA injections reduced Pi content in C. quadricarinatus gastroliths, resulting in increased calcium carbonate (CaCO3) crystallinity and grain size. The discovery of a SLC20A2 transporter in crustaceans and the demonstration that knocking down its mRNA reduced Pi content in exoskeletal elements offers the first direct proof of a long-hypothesized mechanism by which Pi affects CaCO3 biomineralization in the crustacean exoskeleton. This research thus demonstrated the distinct role of Pi as an amorphous mineral polymorph stabilizer in vivo, suggesting further avenues for amorphous biomaterial studies. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: • Crustaceans exoskeletons are hardened mainly by CaCO3, with Pi in minute amounts • Pi was hypothesized to stabilize exoskeletal amorphous mineral forms in vivo • For the first time, transport protein for Pi was discovered in crayfish • Transport knock-down resulted in exoskeletal CaCO3 crystallization and reduced Pi.
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- Shai A Shaked
- Department of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel; The National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel
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- Department of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel; The National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel
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- Central Facility for Electron Microscopy, University of Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89069 Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel; The National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel
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- Department of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel; The National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel
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- Department of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel; The National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel
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- Department of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel
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- Department of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel; Department of Life Sciences, Achva Academic College, 79804, Israel
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- Department of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel; The National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel.
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Liu JH, Huang C, Wu H, Long Y, Tang X, Li H, Shen J, Zhou B, Zhang Y, Xu Z, Fan J, Zeng XC, Lu J, Li YY. From salt water to bioceramics: Mimic nature through pressure-controlled hydration and crystallization. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2024; 10:eadk5047. [PMID: 38416835 PMCID: PMC10901369 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adk5047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2023] [Accepted: 01/24/2024] [Indexed: 03/01/2024]
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Modern synthetic technology generally invokes high temperatures to control the hydration level of ceramics, but even the state-of-the-art technology can still only control the overall hydration content. Magically, natural organisms can produce bioceramics with tailorable hydration profiles and crystallization traits solely from amorphous precursors under physiological conditions. To mimic the biomineralization tactic, here, we report pressure-controlled hydration and crystallization in fabricated ceramics, solely from the amorphous precursors of purely inorganic gels (PIGs) synthesized from biocompatible aqueous solutions with most common ions in organisms (Ca2+, Mg2+, CO32-, and PO43-). Transparent ceramic tablets are directly produced by compressing the PIGs under mild pressure, while the pressure regulates the hydration characteristics and the subsequent crystallization behaviors of the synthesized ceramics. Among the various hydration species, the moderately bound and ordered water appears to be a key in regulating the crystallization rate. This nature-inspired study offers deeper insights into the magic behind biomineralization.
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- Jia-Hua Liu
- CityU-Shenzhen Futian Research Institute, Shenzhen 518045, China
- Hong Kong Branch of National Precious Metals Material Engineering Research Centre, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
- Center of Super-Diamond and Advanced Films (COSDAF), City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Hong Kong Branch of National Precious Metals Material Engineering Research Centre, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Electronic Materials, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), Agency of Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 2 Fusionopolis Way, Innovis, Singapore 138637, Singapore
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- CityU-Shenzhen Futian Research Institute, Shenzhen 518045, China
- Hong Kong Branch of National Precious Metals Material Engineering Research Centre, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
- Centre for Advanced Structural Materials, City University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Research Institute and Greater Bay Joint Division, Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Shenzhen, China
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- CityU-Shenzhen Futian Research Institute, Shenzhen 518045, China
- Hong Kong Branch of National Precious Metals Material Engineering Research Centre, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
- Center of Super-Diamond and Advanced Films (COSDAF), City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
- Centre for Advanced Structural Materials, City University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Research Institute and Greater Bay Joint Division, Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Shenzhen, China
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Schmidt CA, Tambutté E, Venn AA, Zou Z, Castillo Alvarez C, Devriendt LS, Bechtel HA, Stifler CA, Anglemyer S, Breit CP, Foust CL, Hopanchuk A, Klaus CN, Kohler IJ, LeCloux IM, Mezera J, Patton MR, Purisch A, Quach V, Sengkhammee JS, Sristy T, Vattem S, Walch EJ, Albéric M, Politi Y, Fratzl P, Tambutté S, Gilbert PUPA. Myriad Mapping of nanoscale minerals reveals calcium carbonate hemihydrate in forming nacre and coral biominerals. Nat Commun 2024; 15:1812. [PMID: 38418834 PMCID: PMC10901822 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-46117-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2023] [Accepted: 02/14/2024] [Indexed: 03/02/2024] Open
Abstract
Calcium carbonate (CaCO3) is abundant on Earth, is a major component of marine biominerals and thus of sedimentary and metamorphic rocks and it plays a major role in the global carbon cycle by storing atmospheric CO2 into solid biominerals. Six crystalline polymorphs of CaCO3 are known-3 anhydrous: calcite, aragonite, vaterite, and 3 hydrated: ikaite (CaCO3·6H2O), monohydrocalcite (CaCO3·1H2O, MHC), and calcium carbonate hemihydrate (CaCO3·½H2O, CCHH). CCHH was recently discovered and characterized, but exclusively as a synthetic material, not as a naturally occurring mineral. Here, analyzing 200 million spectra with Myriad Mapping (MM) of nanoscale mineral phases, we find CCHH and MHC, along with amorphous precursors, on freshly deposited coral skeleton and nacre surfaces, but not on sea urchin spines. Thus, biomineralization pathways are more complex and diverse than previously understood, opening new questions on isotopes and climate. Crystalline precursors are more accessible than amorphous ones to other spectroscopies and diffraction, in natural and bio-inspired materials.
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- Connor A Schmidt
- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Department of Marine Biology, Centre Scientifique de Monaco, 98000, Monaco, Principality of Monaco
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- Department of Marine Biology, Centre Scientifique de Monaco, 98000, Monaco, Principality of Monaco
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Sorbonne Université/CNRS, Laboratoire de chimie de la matière condensée, 75005, Paris, France
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- B CUBE - Center for Molecular Bioengineering, Technische Universität Dresden, 01307, Dresden, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, 14476, Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Marine Biology, Centre Scientifique de Monaco, 98000, Monaco, Principality of Monaco
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- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53706, USA.
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.
- Departments of Chemistry, Materials Science and Engineering, and Geoscience, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53706, USA.
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Marchini C, Triunfo C, Greggio N, Fermani S, Montroni D, Migliori A, Gradone A, Goffredo S, Maoloni G, Gómez Morales J, Cölfen H, Falini G. Nanocrystalline and Amorphous Calcium Carbonate from Waste Seashells by Ball Milling Mechanochemistry Processes. CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN 2024; 24:657-668. [PMID: 38250544 PMCID: PMC10797593 DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.3c01007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2023] [Revised: 11/26/2023] [Accepted: 11/27/2023] [Indexed: 01/23/2024]
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Nanocrystalline calcium carbonate (CaCO3) and amorphous CaCO3 (ACC) are materials of increasing technological interest. Nowadays, they are mainly synthetically produced by wet reactions using CaCO3 reagents in the presence of stabilizers. However, it has recently been discovered that ACC can be produced by ball milling calcite. Calcite and/or aragonite are the mineral phases of mollusk shells, which are formed from ACC precursors. Here, we investigated the possibility to convert, on a potentially industrial scale, the biogenic CaCO3 (bCC) from waste mollusk seashells into nanocrystalline CaCO3 and ACC. Waste seashells from the aquaculture species, namely oysters (Crassostrea gigas, low-Mg calcite), scallops (Pecten jacobaeus, medium-Mg calcite), and clams (Chamelea gallina, aragonite) were used. The ball milling process was carried out by using different dispersing solvents and potential ACC stabilizers. Structural, morphological, and spectroscopic characterization techniques were used. The results showed that the mechanochemical process produced a reduction of the crystalline domain sizes and formation of ACC domains, which coexisted in microsized aggregates. Interestingly, bCC behaved differently from the geogenic CaCO3 (gCC), and upon long milling times (24 h), the ACC reconverted into crystalline phases. The aging in diverse environments of mechanochemically treated bCC produced a mixture of calcite and aragonite in a species-specific mass ratio, while the ACC from gCC converted only into calcite. In conclusion, this research showed that bCC can produce nanocrystalline CaCO3 and ACC composites or mixtures having species-specific features. These materials can enlarge the already wide fields of applications of CaCO3, which span from medical to material science.
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- Chiara Marchini
- Department
of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician”, University of Bologna, via F. Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Department
of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician”, University of Bologna, via F. Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
- Fano
Marine Center, viale
Adriatico 1/N 61032 Fano, Italy
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- Department
of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, via F. Selmi 3, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Department
of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician”, University of Bologna, via F. Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Department
of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician”, University of Bologna, via F. Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Institute
for Microelectronics and Microsystems (IMM) − CNR section of
Bologna, via P. Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy
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- Institute
for Microelectronics and Microsystems (IMM) − CNR section of
Bologna, via P. Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy
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- Fano
Marine Center, viale
Adriatico 1/N 61032 Fano, Italy
- Department
of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, via F. Selmi 3, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Finproject
S.p.A., Plant Ascoli Piceno, Via Enrico Mattei, 1-Zona Ind.le
Campolungo, 3100 Ascoli Piceno, Italy
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- Laboratorio
de Estudios Cristalográficos, Instituto
Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra (CSIC-UGR), Avda Las Palmeras 4, 18100 Armilla, Granada, Spain
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- Department
of Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, University
of Konstanz, Universitätsstrasse 10, Box 714, D-78457 Konstanz, Germany
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- Department
of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician”, University of Bologna, via F. Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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Ma Z, Kong K, Yin Y, Guo Z, Ma X, Lin Q, Wang J, Shen Y, Lu X, Xu X, Kong X, Liu Z, Tang R. High Mechanical Strength Alloy-like Minerals Prepared by Inorganic Ionic Co-cross-linking. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024; 36:e2308017. [PMID: 38009645 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202308017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2023] [Revised: 11/01/2023] [Indexed: 11/29/2023]
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Alloys often combine different metals to generate superior mechanical properties. However, it is challenging to prepare high mechanical strength minerals with similar strategies. Using calcium carbonate (CaC) and calcium phosphate (CaP) as examples, this work synthesizes a group of compounds with the chemical formulas Ca(CO3 )x (PO4 )2(1- x )/3 (0 < x < 1, CaCPs) by cross-linking ionic oligomers. Unlike mixtures, these CaCPs exhibit a single temperature for the phase transition from amorphous to crystallized CaC (calcite) and CaP (hydroxyapatite). By heat-induced synchronous crystallization, dual-phase CaC/CaP with continuous crystallized boundaries are resembled to alloy-like minerals (ALMs). The mechanical properties of the ALMs are adjusted by tailoring their chemical compositions to reach a hardness of 5.6 GPa, which exceed those of control calcite and hydroxyapatite samples by 430% and 260%, respectively. This strategy expands the chemical scope of inorganic materials and holds promise for preparing high-performance minerals.
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- Zaiqiang Ma
- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Center of Electron Microscopy, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Key Laboratory of Precise Synthesis of Functional Molecules of Zhejiang Province, Instrumentation and Service Centre for Molecular Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, 310024, China
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- Qiushi Academy for Advanced Studies, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
- Institute of Translational Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
- State Key Laboratory of Silicon and Advanced Semiconductor Materials, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
- State Key Laboratory of Silicon and Advanced Semiconductor Materials, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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Prange MP, Mergelsberg ST, Kerisit SN. Structural water in amorphous carbonate minerals: ab initio molecular dynamics simulations of X-ray pair distribution experiments. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023; 25:6768-6779. [PMID: 36789518 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp04881g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
Abstract
Water is known to play a controlling role in directing mineralization pathways and stabilizing metastable amorphous intermediates in hydrous carbonate mineral MCO3·nH2O systems, where M2+ is a divalent metal cation. Despite this recognition, the nature of the controls on crystallization is poorly understood, largely owing to the difficulty in characterizing the dynamically disordered structures of amorphous intermediates at the atomic scale. Here, we present a series of atomistic models, derived from ab initio molecular dynamics simulation, across a range of experimentally relevant cations (M = Ca, Mg, Sr) and hydration levels (0 ≤ n ≤ 2). Theoretical simulations of the dependence of the X-ray pair distribution function on the hydration level n show good agreement with available experimental data and thus provide further evidence for a lack of significant nanoscale structure in amorphous carbonates. Upon dehydration, the metal coordination number does not change significantly, but the relative extent of water dissociation increases, indicating that a thermodynamic driving force exists for water dissociation to accompany dehydration. Mg strongly favors monodentate conformation of carbonate ligands and shows a marked preference to exchange monodentate carbonate O for water O upon hydration, whereas Ca and Sr exchange mono- and bidentate carbonate ligands with comparable frequency. Water forms an extensive hydrogen bond network among both water and carbonate groups that exhibits frequent proton transfers for all three cations considered suggesting that proton mobility is likely predominantly due to water dissociation and proton transfer reactions rather than molecular water diffusion.
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- Micah P Prange
- Physical and Computational Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, 99352, USA.
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- Physical and Computational Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, 99352, USA.
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- Physical and Computational Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, 99352, USA.
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Szucs AM, Maddin M, Brien D, Rateau R, Rodriguez-Blanco JD. The role of nanocerianite (CeO 2) in the stability of Ce carbonates at low-hydrothermal conditions. RSC Adv 2023; 13:6919-6935. [PMID: 36865577 PMCID: PMC9972569 DOI: 10.1039/d3ra00519d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2023] [Accepted: 02/15/2023] [Indexed: 03/04/2023] Open
Abstract
The formation of cerianite (CeO2) was investigated at low hydrothermal conditions (35-205 °C) via two experimental settings: (1) crystallisation from solution experiments, and (2) replacement of Ca-Mg carbonates (calcite, dolomite, aragonite) mediated by Ce-bearing aqueous solutions. The solid samples were studied with a combination of powder X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy. The results revealed a multi-step crystallisation pathway: amorphous Ce carbonate → Ce-lanthanite [Ce2(CO3)3·8H2O] → Ce-kozoite [orthorhombic CeCO3(OH)] → Ce-hydroxylbastnasite [hexagonal CeCO3(OH)] → cerianite [CeO2]. We found that Ce carbonates can decarbonise in the final stage of the reaction, forming cerianite which significantly increases the porosity of the solids. The redox behaviour of Ce combined with the temperature, and the availability of CO2 3- govern this crystallisation sequence, the sizes, morphologies, and crystallisation mechanisms of the solid phases. Our results explain the occurrence and behaviour of cerianite in natural deposits. These findings also present a simple, environmental-friendly, and cost-efficient method for the synthesis of Ce carbonates and cerianite with tailored structures and chemistries.
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- Adrienn Maria Szucs
- Department of Geology, School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin Ireland
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- Department of Geology, School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin Ireland
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- Department of Geology, School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin Ireland
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- Department of Geology, School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin Ireland
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Sugawara S, Fujiya W, Kagi H, Yamaguchi A, Hashizume K. Heat-Induced Dolomitization of Amorphous Calcium Magnesium Carbonate in a CO 2-Filled Closed System. ACS OMEGA 2022; 7:44670-44676. [PMID: 36530237 PMCID: PMC9753508 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c03258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2022] [Accepted: 11/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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We report a method to synthesize dolomite [CaMg(CO3)2] from amorphous calcium magnesium carbonate (ACMC) via solid-state transformation. When ACMC is heated in air, it does not crystallize into dolomite but decomposes into Mg calcite, magnesium oxide, and CO2. Hence, we heated ACMC in a closed system filled with CO2 gas (pCO2 >1.2 bar at 420 °C) and produced submicron-sized dolomite. Single-phase dolomite was obtained after dissolving impurities in the run products, such as northupite [Na3Mg(CO3)2Cl] and eitelite [Na2Mg(CO3)2], in water. Also, we investigated the crystallization process of dolomite by changing the heating temperature and heating time. Despite crystallization by solid-state transformation, the heated samples crystallized to dolomite via Ca-rich protodolomite with no ordering reflection of X-ray diffraction as previously observed for hydrothermal synthesis. The results demonstrated that this crystallization pathway is kinetically favored even in solid-state transformation and that the Ca-rich protodolomite phase preferentially crystallizes during heating, leading to phase separation from the amorphous phase. Therefore, the crystallization process via protodolomite as a precursor is a common mechanism in dolomite crystallization, suggesting the presence of kinetic barriers other than hydration of cations.
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- Shingo Sugawara
- Faculty
of Science, Ibaraki University, 2-1-1 Bunkyo, Mito, Ibaraki 310-8512, Japan
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- Faculty
of Science, Ibaraki University, 2-1-1 Bunkyo, Mito, Ibaraki 310-8512, Japan
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- Geochemical
Research Center, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- National
Institute of Polar Research, 10-3 Midori-cho, Tachikawa, Tokyo 190-8518, Japan
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- Faculty
of Science, Ibaraki University, 2-1-1 Bunkyo, Mito, Ibaraki 310-8512, Japan
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Structure of an amorphous calcium carbonate phase involved in the formation of Pinctada margaritifera shells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2022; 119:e2212616119. [PMID: 36322756 PMCID: PMC9659418 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2212616119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Some mollusc shells are formed from an amorphous calcium carbonate (ACC) compound, which further transforms into a crystalline material. The transformation mechanism is not fully understood but is however crucial to develop bioinspired synthetic biomineralization strategies or accurate marine biomineral proxies for geoscience. The difficulty arises from the simultaneous presence of crystalline and amorphous compounds in the shell, which complicates the selective experimental characterization of the amorphous fraction. Here, we use nanobeam X-ray total scattering together with an approach to separate crystalline and amorphous scattering contributions to obtain the spatially resolved atomic pair distribution function (PDF). We resolve three distinct amorphous calcium carbonate compounds, present in the shell of Pinctada margaritifera and attributed to: interprismatic periostracum, young mineralizing units, and mature mineralizing units. From this, we extract accurate bond parameters by reverse Monte Carlo (RMC) modeling of the PDF. This shows that the three amorphous compounds differ mostly in their Ca-O nearest-neighbor atom pair distance. Further characterization with conventional spectroscopic techniques unveils the presence of Mg in the shell and shows Mg-calcite in the final, crystallized shell. In line with recent literature, we propose that the amorphous-to-crystal transition is mediated by the presence of Mg. The transition occurs through the decomposition of the initial Mg-rich precursor into a second Mg-poor ACC compound before forming a crystal.
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Mineralogy, morphology, and reaction kinetics of ureolytic bio-cementation in the presence of seawater ions and varying soil materials. Sci Rep 2022; 12:17100. [PMID: 36224231 PMCID: PMC9556692 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-21268-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2022] [Accepted: 09/26/2022] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Microbially-induced calcium carbonate precipitation (MICP) is a bio-cementation process that can improve the engineering properties of granular soils through the precipitation of calcium carbonate (CaCO3) minerals on soil particle surfaces and contacts. The technology has advanced rapidly as an environmentally conscious soil improvement method, however, our understanding of the effect of changes in field-representative environmental conditions on the physical and chemical properties of resulting precipitates has remained limited. An improved understanding of the effect of subsurface geochemical and soil conditions on process reaction kinetics and the morphology and mineralogy of bio-cementation may be critical towards enabling successful field-scale deployment of the technology and improving our understanding of the long-term chemical permanence of bio-cemented soils in different environments. In this study, thirty-five batch experiments were performed to specifically investigate the influence of seawater ions and varying soil materials on the mineralogy, morphology, and reaction kinetics of ureolytic bio-cementation. During experiments, differences in reaction kinetics were quantified to identify conditions inhibiting CaCO3 precipitation and ureolysis. Following experiments, scanning electron microscopy, x-ray diffraction, and chemical composition analyses were employed to quantify differences in mineralogical compositions and material morphology. Ions present in seawater and variations in soil materials were shown to significantly influence ureolytic activity and precipitate mineralogy and morphology, however, calcite remained the predominant CaCO3 polymorph in all experiments with relative percentages exceeding 80% by mass in all precipitates.
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Highly hydrated paramagnetic amorphous calcium carbonate nanoclusters as an MRI contrast agent. Nat Commun 2022; 13:5088. [PMID: 36038532 PMCID: PMC9424530 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-32615-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2021] [Accepted: 08/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Amorphous calcium carbonate plays a key role as transient precursor in the early stages of biogenic calcium carbonate formation in nature. However, due to its instability in aqueous solution, there is still rare success to utilize amorphous calcium carbonate in biomedicine. Here, we report the mutual effect between paramagnetic gadolinium ions and amorphous calcium carbonate, resulting in ultrafine paramagnetic amorphous carbonate nanoclusters in the presence of both gadolinium occluded highly hydrated carbonate-like environment and poly(acrylic acid). Gadolinium is confirmed to enhance the water content in amorphous calcium carbonate, and the high water content of amorphous carbonate nanoclusters contributes to the much enhanced magnetic resonance imaging contrast efficiency compared with commercially available gadolinium-based contrast agents. Furthermore, the enhanced T1 weighted magnetic resonance imaging performance and biocompatibility of amorphous carbonate nanoclusters are further evaluated in various animals including rat, rabbit and beagle dog, in combination with promising safety in vivo. Overall, exceptionally facile mass-productive amorphous carbonate nanoclusters exhibit superb imaging performance and impressive stability, which provides a promising strategy to design magnetic resonance contrast agent. Sensitive, biocompatible and stable contrast agents for MRI are in demand. Here, the authors combine gadolinium ions with amorphous calcium carbonate to make stable paramagnetic amorphous carbonate nanoclusters with high MRI contrast and significantly improved biocompatibility over commercial gadolinium-based agents.
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Page K, Stack AG, Chen SA, Wang HW. Nanopore facilitated monohydrocalcitic amorphous calcium carbonate precipitation. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:18340-18346. [PMID: 35880670 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp00446a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Predicting the precipitation of solids is important in both natural systems and subsurface energy applications. The factors controlling reaction mechanisms, phase selection and conversion between phases are particularly important. In this contribution the precipitation and growth of an amorphous calcium carbonate species from flowing aqueous solution in a nanoporous controlled pore glass is followed in situ with differential X-ray pair distribution function analysis. It is discovered that the local atomic structure of this phase indicates monohydrocalcite-like pair-pair correlations, yet is functionally amorphous because it lacks long-range structure. The unexpected occurrence of synthetic proto-monohydrocalcite amorphous calcium carbonate, precipitated from a solution undersaturated with respect to published solubilities, suggests that nanopore confinement facilitates formation of an amorphous phase at the expense of more favorable crystalline ones. This result illustrates that confinement and interface effects are physical factors exerting control on mineral nucleation behavior in natural and geological systems.
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- Katharine Page
- Materials Science and Engineering Department, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 38996, USA. .,Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA.
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA.
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA.
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Deng Z, Jia Z, Li L. Biomineralized Materials as Model Systems for Structural Composites: Intracrystalline Structural Features and Their Strengthening and Toughening Mechanisms. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2022; 9:e2103524. [PMID: 35315243 PMCID: PMC9108615 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202103524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2021] [Revised: 01/09/2022] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Biomineralized composites, which are usually composed of microscopic mineral building blocks organized in 3D intercrystalline organic matrices, have evolved unique structural designs to fulfill mechanical and other biological functionalities. While it has been well recognized that the intricate architectural designs of biomineralized composites contribute to their remarkable mechanical performance, the structural features within and corresponding mechanical properties of individual mineral building blocks are often less appreciated in the context of bio-inspired structural composites. The mineral building blocks in biomineralized composites exhibit a variety of salient intracrystalline structural features, such as, organic inclusions, inorganic impurities (or trace elements), crystalline features (e.g., amorphous phases, single crystals, splitting crystals, polycrystals, and nanograins), residual stress/strain, and twinning, which significantly modify the mechanical properties of biogenic minerals. In this review, recent progress in elucidating the intracrystalline structural features of three most common biomineral systems (calcite, aragonite, and hydroxyapatite) and their corresponding mechanical significance are discussed. Future research directions and corresponding challenges are proposed and discussed, such as the advanced structural characterizations and formation mechanisms of intracrystalline structures in biominerals, amorphous biominerals, and bio-inspired synthesis.
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- Zhifei Deng
- Department of Mechanical EngineeringVirginia Polytechnic Institute of Technology and State UniversityBlacksburgVA24060USA
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- Department of Mechanical EngineeringVirginia Polytechnic Institute of Technology and State UniversityBlacksburgVA24060USA
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- Department of Mechanical EngineeringVirginia Polytechnic Institute of Technology and State UniversityBlacksburgVA24060USA
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Bakunin VN, Aleksanyan DR, Bakunina YN. Calcium Carbonate Polymorphs in Overbased Oil Additives and Greases. RUSS J APPL CHEM+ 2022. [DOI: 10.1134/s1070427222040012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Kim HL, Shin YS, Yang SH. Effect of poly(acrylic acid) on crystallization of calcium carbonate in a hydrogel. CrystEngComm 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d1ce01687c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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As carbonate ions are diffused into an agarose hydrogel containing calcium ions and poly(acrylic acid), elliptical and spherical calcites are controllably formed depending on the concentration of poly(acrylic acid) and the position of the hydrogel.
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- Hong Lyun Kim
- Department of Chemistry Education, Korea National University of Education, Chungbuk 28173, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry Education, Korea National University of Education, Chungbuk 28173, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry Education, Korea National University of Education, Chungbuk 28173, Korea
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Cui S, Su Y, Cai T. Amorphous-mediated crystallization of calcium pyrophosphate tetrahydrate: the role of alkaline earth metal ions. CrystEngComm 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d2ce00390b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Although calcium pyrophosphates are commonly involved in crystal arthropathies, their formation mechanisms remain largely underexplored. Here, we investigated the crystallization pathway of calcium pyrophosphate tetrahydrate in the absence and presence...
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Merle M, Soulié J, Sassoye C, Roblin P, Rey C, Bonhomme C, Combes C. Pyrophosphate-stabilised amorphous calcium carbonate for bone substitution: toward a doping-dependent cluster-based model. CrystEngComm 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d2ce00936f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Multiscale and multitool advanced characterisation of pyrophosphate-stabilised amorphous calcium carbonates allowed building a cluster-based model paving the way for tunable biomaterials.
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- Marion Merle
- CIRIMAT, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, Toulouse INP – ENSIACET, 4 Allée Emile Monso, 31030 Toulouse Cedex 4, Toulouse, France
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- CIRIMAT, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, Toulouse INP – ENSIACET, 4 Allée Emile Monso, 31030 Toulouse Cedex 4, Toulouse, France
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- LGC, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, 118 Route de Narbonne Bâtiment 2R1, Toulouse, France
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- CIRIMAT, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, Toulouse INP – ENSIACET, 4 Allée Emile Monso, 31030 Toulouse Cedex 4, Toulouse, France
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- CIRIMAT, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, Toulouse INP – ENSIACET, 4 Allée Emile Monso, 31030 Toulouse Cedex 4, Toulouse, France
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Katsman A, Polishchuk I, Pokroy B. On the mechanism of calcium carbonate polymorph selection via confinement. Faraday Discuss 2022; 235:433-445. [DOI: 10.1039/d1fd00111f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Organisms deposit various biominerals in the course of their biomineralisation. The most abundant of these is calcium carbonate, which manifests itself in several polymorphs. While organisms possess the ability to...
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Wang Q, Zou Z, Wang H, Wang W, Fu Z. Pressure-induced crystallization and densification of amorphized calcium carbonate hexahydrate controlled by interfacial water. J Colloid Interface Sci 2021; 611:346-355. [PMID: 34959008 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2021.12.095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2021] [Revised: 12/09/2021] [Accepted: 12/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Amorphous calcium carbonate (ACC) is widely known as a metastable precursor in the formation of crystalline calcium carbonate biominerals. However, the exact role of water during the crystallization of ACC remains elusive. Here, a novel ACC with high specific surface area and nanopores is synthesized by solvent-induced dehydration and amorphization of crystalline calcium carbonate hexahydrate (ikaite), denoted as I-ACC. Comparing I-ACC and typical spherical ACC (S-ACC) nanoparticles, it reveals that the crystallization pathways of ACC under heating or pressure are not dictated by the total amount of water in ACC as reported, but rather the interfacial water that is released from ACC bulk and adsorbed on the surface of the particles. We show that the crystallization pathways of I-ACC to calcite single crystal with high specific surface area or vaterite can be easily controlled by tuning the release of water during heating. In addition, densely packed pure vaterite can be obtained via pressured-induced transformation of I-ACC at room temperature, which is otherwise difficult to form using S-ACC. These insights contribute to the understanding of the biological control of mineral formation via amorphous precursors and offer new opportunities to bioprocess inspired fabrication of strong bulk material at room temperature.
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- Qihang Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China.
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Schoeppler V, Stier D, Best RJ, Song C, Turner J, Savitzky BH, Ophus C, Marcus MA, Zhao S, Bustillo K, Zlotnikov I. Crystallization by Amorphous Particle Attachment: On the Evolution of Texture. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2021; 33:e2101358. [PMID: 34337782 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202101358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2021] [Revised: 06/01/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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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.
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- Vanessa Schoeppler
- B CUBE - Center for Molecular Bioengineering, Technische Universität Dresden, 01307, Dresden, Germany
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- B CUBE - Center for Molecular Bioengineering, Technische Universität Dresden, 01307, Dresden, Germany
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- B CUBE - Center for Molecular Bioengineering, Technische Universität Dresden, 01307, Dresden, Germany
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- National Center for Electron Microscopy, Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- National Center for Electron Microscopy, Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- National Center for Electron Microscopy, Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- National Center for Electron Microscopy, Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- National Center for Electron Microscopy, Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- B CUBE - Center for Molecular Bioengineering, Technische Universität Dresden, 01307, Dresden, Germany
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Mahadevan G, Ruifan Q, Hian Jane YH, Valiyaveettil S. Effect of Polymer Nano- and Microparticles on Calcium Carbonate Crystallization. ACS OMEGA 2021; 6:20522-20529. [PMID: 34395998 PMCID: PMC8359134 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c02564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2021] [Accepted: 06/16/2021] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Molecular and macromolecular templates are known to affect the shape, size, and polymorph selectivity on the biomineralization of calcium carbonate (CaCO3). Micro- and nanoparticles of common polymers present in the environment are beginning to show toxicity in living organisms. In this study, the role of plastic nanoparticles in the biomineralization of CaCO3 is explored to understand the ecological impact of plastic pollution. As a model study, luminescent poly(methyl methacrylate) nanoparticles (PMMA-NPs) were prepared using the nanoprecipitation method, fully characterized, and used for the mineralization experiments to understand their influence on nucleation, morphology, and polymorph selectivity of CaCO3 crystals. The PMMA-NPs induced calcite crystal nucleation with spherical morphologies at high concentrations. Microplastic particles collected from a commercial face scrub were also used for CaCO3 nucleation to observe the nucleation of calcite crystals on the particle surface. Microscopic, spectroscopic, and X-ray diffraction data were used to characterize and identify the nucleated crystals. The data presented in this paper add more information on the impact of microplastics on the marine environment.
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- Gomathi Mahadevan
- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, 117543 Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, 117543 Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, 117543 Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, 117543 Singapore
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Gránásy L, Rátkai L, Tóth GI, Gilbert PUPA, Zlotnikov I, Pusztai T. Phase-Field Modeling of Biomineralization in Mollusks and Corals: Microstructure vs Formation Mechanism. JACS AU 2021; 1:1014-1033. [PMID: 34337606 PMCID: PMC8317440 DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.1c00026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2021] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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While biological crystallization processes have been studied on the microscale extensively, there is a general lack of models addressing the mesoscale aspects of such phenomena. In this work, we investigate whether the phase-field theory developed in materials' science for describing complex polycrystalline structures on the mesoscale can be meaningfully adapted to model crystallization in biological systems. We demonstrate the abilities of the phase-field technique by modeling a range of microstructures observed in mollusk shells and coral skeletons, including granular, prismatic, sheet/columnar nacre, and sprinkled spherulitic structures. We also compare two possible micromechanisms of calcification: the classical route, via ion-by-ion addition from a fluid state, and a nonclassical route, crystallization of an amorphous precursor deposited at the solidification front. We show that with an appropriate choice of the model parameters, microstructures similar to those found in biomineralized systems can be obtained along both routes, though the time-scale of the nonclassical route appears to be more realistic. The resemblance of the simulated and natural biominerals suggests that, underneath the immense biological complexity observed in living organisms, the underlying design principles for biological structures may be understood with simple math and simulated by phase-field theory.
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- László Gránásy
- Laboratory
of Advanced Structural Studies, Institute for Solid State Physics
and Optics, Wigner Research Centre for Physics, P.O. Box 49, H−1525 Budapest, Hungary
- Brunel
Centre of Advanced Solidification Technology, Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex UB8 3PH, U.K.
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- Laboratory
of Advanced Structural Studies, Institute for Solid State Physics
and Optics, Wigner Research Centre for Physics, P.O. Box 49, H−1525 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department
of Mathematical Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire LE11 3TU, U.K.
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- Departments
of Physics, Chemistry, Geoscience, Materials Science, University of Wisconsin−Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
- Lawrence
Berkeley National Laboratory, Chemical Sciences Division, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- B
CUBE−Center
for Molecular Bioengineering, Technische
Universität Dresden, 01307 Dresden, Germany
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- Laboratory
of Advanced Structural Studies, Institute for Solid State Physics
and Optics, Wigner Research Centre for Physics, P.O. Box 49, H−1525 Budapest, Hungary
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Kuhrts L, Prévost S, Chevrier DM, Pekker P, Spaeker O, Egglseder M, Baumgartner J, Pósfai M, Faivre D. Wettability of Magnetite Nanoparticles Guides Growth from Stabilized Amorphous Ferrihydrite. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:10963-10969. [PMID: 34264055 PMCID: PMC8323100 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c02687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Crystal formation
via amorphous precursors is a long-sought-after
gateway to engineer nanoparticles with well-controlled size and morphology.
Biomineralizing organisms, like magnetotactic bacteria, follow such
a nonclassical crystallization pathway to produce magnetite nanoparticles
with sophistication unmatched by synthetic efforts at ambient conditions.
Here, using in situ small-angle X-ray scattering,
we demonstrate how the addition of poly(arginine) in the synthetic
formation of magnetite nanoparticles induces a biomineralization-reminiscent
pathway. The addition of poly(arginine) stabilizes an amorphous ferrihydrite
precursor, shifting the magnetite formation pathway from thermodynamic
to kinetic control. Altering the energetic landscape of magnetite
formation by catalyzing the pH-dependent precursor attachment, we
tune magnetite nanoparticle size continuously, exceeding sizes observed
in magnetotactic bacteria. This mechanistic shift we uncover here
further allows for crystal morphology control by adjusting the pH-dependent
interfacial interaction between liquidlike ferrihydrite and nascent
magnetite nanoparticles, establishing a new strategy to control nanoparticle
morphology. Synthesizing compact single crystals at wetting conditions
and unique semicontinuous single-crystalline nanoparticles at dewetting
conditions in combination with an improved control over magnetite
crystallite size, we demonstrate the versatility of bio-inspired,
kinetically controlled nanoparticle formation pathways.
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- Lucas Kuhrts
- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Institut Laue-Langevin, 71 avenue des Martyrs, CS 20156, 38042 Cedex 9 Grenoble, France
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- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany.,CNRS, CEA, BIAM, Aix-Marseille University, 13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France
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- Research Institute of Biomolecular and Chemical Engineering, University of Pannonia, Egyetem u. 10, H8200 Veszprém, Hungary
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- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Research Institute of Biomolecular and Chemical Engineering, University of Pannonia, Egyetem u. 10, H8200 Veszprém, Hungary
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- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany.,CNRS, CEA, BIAM, Aix-Marseille University, 13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France
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Mu Z, Kong K, Jiang K, Dong H, Xu X, Liu Z, Tang R. Pressure-driven fusion of amorphous particles into integrated monoliths. Science 2021. [DOI: 10.1126/science.abg1915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The making of a monolith
Amorphous calcium carbonate is a hard material that is difficult to make into large, clear blocks. It is also sensitive to heating, and compacting the starting nanoparticles too much tends to lead to crystallization. Mu
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determined the optimal amount of water in amorphous calcium carbonate to create clear, solid monoliths through compression. The key is to regulate the amount of diffusion in the system so that particle boundaries fuse without triggering sample-wide crystallization. This fusion strategy may also work for similar amorphous inorganic ionic compounds.
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- Zhao Mu
- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Nanophotonics & Advanced Instrument (Ministry of Education), Department of Materials, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
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- Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research, Shanghai 201203, China
- State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China
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- Qiushi Academy for Advanced Studies, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
- State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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Segovia-Campos I, Martignier A, Filella M, Jaquet JM, Ariztegui D. Micropearls and other intracellular inclusions of amorphous calcium carbonate: an unsuspected biomineralization capacity shared by diverse microorganisms. Environ Microbiol 2021; 24:537-550. [PMID: 33817930 PMCID: PMC9292747 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.15498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2021] [Revised: 03/24/2021] [Accepted: 04/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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An unsuspected biomineralization process, which produces intracellular inclusions of amorphous calcium carbonate (ACC), was recently discovered in unicellular eukaryotes. These mineral inclusions, called micropearls, can be highly enriched with other alkaline‐earth metals (AEM) such as Sr and Ba. Similar intracellular inclusions of ACC have also been observed in prokaryotic organisms. These comparable biomineralization processes involving phylogenetically distant microorganisms are not entirely understood yet. This review gives a broad vision of the topic in order to establish a basis for discussion on the possible molecular processes behind the formation of the inclusions, their physiological role, the impact of these microorganisms on the geochemical cycles of AEM and their evolutionary relationship. Finally, some insights are provided to guide future research.
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- Inés Segovia-Campos
- Department of Earth Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, CH-1205, Switzerland
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- Department of Earth Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, CH-1205, Switzerland
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- Department F.-A. Forel, University of Geneva, Geneva, CH-1205, Switzerland
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- Department of Earth Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, CH-1205, Switzerland
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- Department of Earth Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, CH-1205, Switzerland
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Unseeded, spontaneous nucleation of spherulitic magnesium calcite. J Colloid Interface Sci 2021; 593:359-369. [PMID: 33744544 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2021.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2020] [Revised: 02/06/2021] [Accepted: 03/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Most of the sedimentary carbonates deposited in the marine environments are composed of calcium carbonate minerals with varying amounts of incorporated Mg2+. However, understanding how interactions of impurities with carbonate and their incorporation affect sediments behavior remains a challenge. Here, a new insight is obtained by monitoring solution composition, morphology, and electrokinetic potential of carbonate particles formed in a spontaneous unseeded batch precipitation experiment using electrochemical and scanning electron microscopy methods. The solid composition and growth rate are extracted from changes in the bulk composition and fitted to chemical affinity rate law, revealing that the precipitation pathway consists of second-order dissolution and first-order precipitation. The molecular dynamics simulations show that the lattice strain induced by randomly substituting Ca2+ by Mg2+ stabilizes spherical nanoparticles and reduces their surface area and volume. Combining kinetics and thermodynamics insight, we conclude that variation in the carbonate bulk and interfacial energies, along with the solution supersaturation, lead to the dissolution-precipitation transformation pathway from Mg-rich to Mg-poor carbonate phase that preserves spherulitic morphology. Our findings are relevant for long-standing questions of how impurities influence diagenesis of carbonate sediments and spherulitic carbonate particles' origin.
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Jiang S, Cao Y, Zong C, Pang Y, Sun Z. Appropriate regulation of magnesium on hydroxyapatite crystallization in simulated body fluids. CrystEngComm 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d0ce01421d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The regulation effect of Mg2+ on HAP crystallization is closely related to the adding time of Mg2+. The introduction of Mg2+ in the ACP unstable stage is unable to inhibit HAP crystallization.
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- Shuqin Jiang
- School of Public Health
- Department of Toxicology
- Capital Medical University
- Beijing 100069
- China
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- School of Public Health
- Department of Toxicology
- Capital Medical University
- Beijing 100069
- China
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- School of Basic Medicine
- Capital Medical University
- Beijing 100069
- China
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- School of Public Health
- Department of Toxicology
- Capital Medical University
- Beijing 100069
- China
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- School of Public Health
- Department of Toxicology
- Capital Medical University
- Beijing 100069
- China
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Griesiute D, Sinusaite L, Kizalaite A, Antuzevics A, Mazeika K, Baltrunas D, Goto T, Sekino T, Kareiva A, Zarkov A. The influence of Fe3+ doping on thermally induced crystallization and phase evolution of amorphous calcium phosphate. CrystEngComm 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d1ce00371b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The present study investigates thermally induced crystallization and phase evolution of amorphous calcium phosphate (ACP) partially substituted with Fe3+ ions (M/P = 1.5 : 1).
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- Diana Griesiute
- Institute of Chemistry
- Vilnius University
- LT-03225 Vilnius
- Lithuania
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- Institute of Chemistry
- Vilnius University
- LT-03225 Vilnius
- Lithuania
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- Institute of Solid State Physics
- University of Latvia
- LV-1063 Riga
- Latvia
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- State Research Institute Center for Physical Sciences and Technology
- Vilnius LT-02300
- Lithuania
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- State Research Institute Center for Physical Sciences and Technology
- Vilnius LT-02300
- Lithuania
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- The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research
- Osaka University
- Osaka 567-0047
- Japan
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- The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research
- Osaka University
- Osaka 567-0047
- Japan
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- Institute of Chemistry
- Vilnius University
- LT-03225 Vilnius
- Lithuania
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- Institute of Chemistry
- Vilnius University
- LT-03225 Vilnius
- Lithuania
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Perricone V, Grun TB, Marmo F, Langella C, Candia Carnevali MD. Constructional design of echinoid endoskeleton: main structural components and their potential for biomimetic applications. BIOINSPIRATION & BIOMIMETICS 2020; 16:011001. [PMID: 32927446 DOI: 10.1088/1748-3190/abb86b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2020] [Accepted: 09/14/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The endoskeleton of echinoderms (Deuterostomia: Echinodermata) is of mesodermal origin and consists of cells, organic components, as well as an inorganic mineral matrix. The echinoderm skeleton forms a complex lattice-system, which represents a model structure for naturally inspired engineering in terms of construction, mechanical behaviour and functional design. The sea urchin (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) endoskeleton consists of three main structural components: test, dental apparatus and accessory appendages. Although, all parts of the echinoid skeleton consist of the same basic material, their microstructure displays a great potential in meeting several mechanical needs according to a direct and clear structure-function relationship. This versatility has allowed the echinoid skeleton to adapt to different activities such as structural support, defence, feeding, burrowing and cleaning. Although, constrained by energy and resource efficiency, many of the structures found in the echinoid skeleton are optimized in terms of functional performances. Therefore, these structures can be used as role models for bio-inspired solutions in various industrial sectors such as building constructions, robotics, biomedical and material engineering. The present review provides an overview of previous mechanical and biomimetic research on the echinoid endoskeleton, describing the current state of knowledge and providing a reference for future studies.
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- Valentina Perricone
- Dept. of Engineering, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Aversa, Italy
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- Dept. of Invertebrate Paleontology, University of Florida, Florida Museum, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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- Dept. of Structures for Engineering and Architecture, University of Naples Federico II, Napoli, Italy
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- Dept. of Architecture and Industrial Design, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Aversa, Italy
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Rekhtina M, Dal Pozzo A, Stoian D, Armutlulu A, Donat F, Blanco MV, Wang ZJ, Willinger MG, Fedorov A, Abdala PM, Müller CR. Effect of molten sodium nitrate on the decomposition pathways of hydrated magnesium hydroxycarbonate to magnesium oxide probed by in situ total scattering. NANOSCALE 2020; 12:16462-16473. [PMID: 32478776 DOI: 10.1039/d0nr01760d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The effect of NaNO3 and its physical state on the thermal decomposition pathways of hydrated magnesium hydroxycarbonate (hydromagnesite, HM) towards MgO was examined by in situ total scattering. Pair distribution function (PDF) analysis of these data allowed us to probe the structural evolution of pristine and NaNO3-promoted HM. A multivariate curve resolution alternating least squares (MCR-ALS) analysis identified the intermediate phases and their evolution upon the decomposition of both precursors to MgO. The total scattering results are discussed in relation with thermogravimetric measurements coupled with off-gas analysis. MgO is obtained from pristine HM (N2, 10 °C min-1) through an amorphous magnesium carbonate intermediate (AMC), formed after the partial removal of water of crystallization from HM. The decomposition continues via a gradual release of water (due to dehydration and dehydroxylation) and, in the last step, via decarbonation, leading to crystalline MgO. The presence of molten NaNO3 alters the decomposition pathways of HM, proceeding now through AMC and crystalline MgCO3. These results demonstrate that molten NaNO3 facilitates the release of water (from both water of crystallization and through dehydroxylation) and decarbonation, and promotes the crystallization of MgCO3 and MgO in comparison to pristine HM. MgO formed from the pristine HM precursor shows a smaller average crystallite size than NaNO3-promoted HM and preserves the initial nano-plate-like morphology of HM. NaNO3-promoted HM was decomposed to MgO that is characterized by a larger average crystallite size and irregular morphology. Additionally, in situ SEM allowed visualization of the morphological evolution of HM promoted with NaNO3 at a micrometre scale.
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- Margarita Rekhtina
- Laboratory of Energy Science and Engineering, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zürich, Leonhardstrasse 21, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland.
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Stapane L, Le Roy N, Ezagal J, Rodriguez-Navarro AB, Labas V, Combes-Soia L, Hincke MT, Gautron J. Avian eggshell formation reveals a new paradigm for vertebrate mineralization via vesicular amorphous calcium carbonate. J Biol Chem 2020; 295:15853-15869. [PMID: 32816992 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra120.014542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Amorphous calcium carbonate (ACC) is an unstable mineral phase, which is progressively transformed into aragonite or calcite in biomineralization of marine invertebrate shells or avian eggshells, respectively. We have previously proposed a model of vesicular transport to provide stabilized ACC in chicken uterine fluid where eggshell mineralization takes place. Herein, we report further experimental support for this model. We confirmed the presence of extracellular vesicles (EVs) using transmission EM and showed high levels of mRNA of vesicular markers in the oviduct segments where eggshell mineralization occurs. We also demonstrate that EVs contain ACC in uterine fluid using spectroscopic analysis. Moreover, proteomics and immunofluorescence confirmed the presence of major vesicular, mineralization-specific and eggshell matrix proteins in the uterus and in purified EVs. We propose a comprehensive role for EVs in eggshell mineralization, in which annexins transfer calcium into vesicles and carbonic anhydrase 4 catalyzes the formation of bicarbonate ions (HCO[Formula: see text]), for accumulation of ACC in vesicles. We hypothesize that ACC is stabilized by ovalbumin and/or lysozyme or additional vesicle proteins identified in this study. Finally, EDIL3 and MFGE8 are proposed to serve as guidance molecules to target EVs to the mineralization site. We therefore report for the first-time experimental evidence for the components of vesicular transport to supply ACC in a vertebrate model of biomineralization.
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- BOA INRAe, Université de Tours, Nouzilly, France
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- Unité Mixte de Recherches Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements, Université de Tours IFCE, Nouzilly, France
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- Unité Mixte de Recherches Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements, Université de Tours IFCE, Nouzilly, France
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- Department of Innovation in Medical Education, and Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
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- BOA INRAe, Université de Tours, Nouzilly, France.
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Von Euw S, Azaïs T, Manichev V, Laurent G, Pehau-Arnaudet G, Rivers M, Murali N, Kelly DJ, Falkowski PG. Solid-State Phase Transformation and Self-Assembly of Amorphous Nanoparticles into Higher-Order Mineral Structures. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:12811-12825. [PMID: 32568532 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c05591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Materials science has been informed by nonclassical pathways to crystallization, based on biological processes, about the fabrication of damage-tolerant composite materials. Various biomineralizing taxa, such as stony corals, deposit metastable, magnesium-rich, amorphous calcium carbonate nanoparticles that further assemble and transform into higher-order mineral structures. Here, we examine a similar process in abiogenic conditions using synthetic, amorphous calcium magnesium carbonate nanoparticles. Applying a combination of high-resolution imaging and in situ solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, we reveal the underlying mechanism of the solid-state phase transformation of these amorphous nanoparticles into crystals under aqueous conditions. These amorphous nanoparticles are covered by a hydration shell of bound water molecules. Fast chemical exchanges occur: the hydrogens present within the nanoparticles exchange with the hydrogens from the surface-bound H2O molecules which, in turn, exchange with the hydrogens of the free H2O molecule of the surrounding aqueous medium. This cascade of chemical exchanges is associated with an enhanced mobility of the ions/molecules that compose the nanoparticles which, in turn, allow for their rearrangement into crystalline domains via solid-state transformation. Concurrently, the starting amorphous nanoparticles aggregate and form ordered mineral structures through crystal growth by particle attachment. Sphere-like aggregates and spindle-shaped structures were, respectively, formed from relatively high or low weights per volume of the same starting amorphous nanoparticles. These results offer promising prospects for exerting control over such a nonclassical pathway to crystallization to design mineral structures that could not be achieved through classical ion-by-ion growth.
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- Stanislas Von Euw
- Environmental Biophysics and Molecular Ecology Program, Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, 71 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901, United States.,Trinity Centre for Bioengineering, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, D02 R590, Ireland
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- Laboratoire de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Paris, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, 4 place Jussieu, F-75005, Paris, France
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers University, 123 Bevier Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, United States.,Institute of Advanced Materials, Devices, and Nanotechnology, Rutgers University, 607 Taylor Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, United States
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- Laboratoire de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Paris, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, 4 place Jussieu, F-75005, Paris, France
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- UMR 3528 and UTech UBI, Institut Pasteur, 28 rue du Docteur Roux, F-75015 Paris, France
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- Institute of Advanced Materials, Devices, and Nanotechnology, Rutgers University, 607 Taylor Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, United States.,Department of Physics, Wellesley College, 106 Central Street, Wellesley, Massachusetts 02481, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers University, 123 Bevier Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, United States
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- Trinity Centre for Bioengineering, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, D02 R590, Ireland
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- Environmental Biophysics and Molecular Ecology Program, Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, 71 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901, United States.,Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers University, 123 Bevier Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, United States
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Shape-preserving amorphous-to-crystalline transformation of CaCO 3 revealed by in situ TEM. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2020; 117:3397-3404. [PMID: 32015117 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1914813117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Organisms use inorganic ions and macromolecules to regulate crystallization from amorphous precursors, endowing natural biominerals with complex morphologies and enhanced properties. The mechanisms by which modifiers enable these shape-preserving transformations are poorly understood. We used in situ liquid-phase transmission electron microscopy to follow the evolution from amorphous calcium carbonate to calcite in the presence of additives. A combination of contrast analysis and infrared spectroscopy shows that Mg ions, which are widely present in seawater and biological fluids, alter the transformation pathway in a concentration-dependent manner. The ions bring excess (structural) water into the amorphous bulk so that a direct transformation is triggered by dehydration in the absence of morphological changes. Molecular dynamics simulations suggest Mg-incorporated water induces structural fluctuations, allowing transformation without the need to nucleate a separate crystal. Thus, the obtained calcite retains the original morphology of the amorphous state, biomimetically achieving the morphological control of crystals seen in biominerals.
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Ge X, Wang L, Zhang W, Putnis CV. Molecular Understanding of Humic Acid-Limited Phosphate Precipitation and Transformation. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2020; 54:207-215. [PMID: 31822060 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.9b05145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Phosphorus (P) availability is widely assumed to be limited by the formation of metal (Ca, Fe, or Al) phosphate precipitates that are modulated by soil organic matter (SOM), but the SOM-precipitate interactions remain uncertain because of their environmental complexities. Here, we present a model system by quantifying the in situ nanoscale nucleation kinetics of calcium phosphates (Ca-Ps) on mica in environmentally relevant aqueous solutions by liquid-cell atomic force microscopy. We find that Ca-P precipitate formation is slower when humic acid (HA) concentration is higher. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy observations demonstrate that HA strongly stabilizes amorphous calcium phosphate (ACP), delaying its subsequent transformation to thermodynamically more stable phases. Consistent with the formation of molecular organo-mineral bonding, dynamic force spectroscopy measurements display larger binding energies of organic ligands with certain chemical functionalities on HA to the initially formed ACP than to mica that are responsible for stabilization of ACP through stronger HA-ACP interactions. Our results provide direct evidence for the proposed importance of SOM in inhibiting Ca-P precipitation/transformation. We suggest that similar studies of binding strength in SOM-Fe/Al-P may reveal how both organic matter and metal ions control P availability and fate, and thus the eventual P management for agronomical and environmental sustainability.
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- Xinfei Ge
- College of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Institut für Mineralogie, University of Münster, Münster 48149, Germany
- Department of Chemistry, Curtin University, Perth 6845, Australia
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- Huachuan Du
- Soft Materials LaboratoryInstitute of MaterialsEcole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015 Lausanne Schweiz
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- Soft Materials LaboratoryInstitute of MaterialsEcole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015 Lausanne Schweiz
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Du H, Amstad E. Water: How Does It Influence the CaCO 3 Formation? Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 59:1798-1816. [PMID: 31081984 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201903662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2019] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Nature produces biomineral-based materials with a fascinating set of properties using only a limited number of elements. This set of properties is obtained by closely controlling the structure and local composition of the biominerals. We are far from achieving the same degree of control over the properties of synthetic biomineral-based composites. One reason for this inferior control is our incomplete understanding of the influence of the synthesis conditions and additives on the structure and composition of the forming biominerals. In this Review, we provide an overview of the current understanding of the influence of synthesis conditions and additives during different formation stages of CaCO3 , one of the most abundant biominerals, on the structure, composition, and properties of the resulting CaCO3 crystals. In addition, we summarize currently known means to tune these parameters. Throughout the Review, we put special emphasis on the role of water in mediating the formation of CaCO3 and thereby influencing its structure and properties, an often overlooked aspect that is of high relevance.
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- Huachuan Du
- Soft Materials Laboratory, Institute of Materials, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Soft Materials Laboratory, Institute of Materials, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Kuhrts L, Macías-Sánchez E, Tarakina NV, Hirt AM, Faivre D. Shaping Magnetite with Poly-l-arginine and pH: From Small Single Crystals to Large Mesocrystals. J Phys Chem Lett 2019; 10:5514-5518. [PMID: 31408354 PMCID: PMC6755618 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b01771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Control over particle size, size distribution, and colloidal stability are central aims in producing functional nanomaterials. Recently, biomimetic approaches have been successfully used to enhance control over properties in the synthesis of those materials. Magnetotactic bacteria produce protein-stabilized magnetite away from its thermodynamic equilibrium structure. Mimicking the bacteria's proteins using poly-l-arginine we show that by simply increasing the pH, the dimensions of magnetite increase and a single- to mesocrystal transformation is induced. Using synchrotron X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy, we show that magnetite nanoparticles with narrow size distributions and average diameters of 10 ± 2 nm for pH 9, 20 ± 2 nm for pH 10, and up to 40 ± 4 nm for pH 11 can be synthesized. We thus selectively produce superparamagnetic and stable single-domain particles merely by controlling the pH. Remarkably, while an increase in pH brings about a thermodynamically driven decrease in size for magnetite without additives, this dependency on pH is inverted when poly-l-arginine is present.
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- Lucas Kuhrts
- Max
Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Max
Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Max
Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Department
of Earth Science, ETH Zürich, Sonneggstrasse 5, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Max
Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
- Aix-Marseille
University, CNRS, CEA, BIAM, 13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France
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Mitchell RL, Coleman M, Davies P, North L, Pope EC, Pleydell-Pearce C, Harris W, Johnston R. Macro-to-nanoscale investigation of wall-plate joints in the acorn barnacle Semibalanus balanoides: correlative imaging, biological form and function, and bioinspiration. J R Soc Interface 2019; 16:20190218. [PMID: 31387487 PMCID: PMC6731510 DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2019.0218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2019] [Accepted: 06/25/2019] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Correlative imaging combines information from multiple modalities (physical-chemical-mechanical properties) at various length scales (centimetre to nanometre) to understand the complex biological materials across dimensions (2D-3D). Here, we have used numerous coupled systems: X-ray microscopy (XRM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD), optical light microscopy (LM) and focused ion beam (FIB-SEM) microscopy to ascertain the microstructural and crystallographic properties of the wall-plate joints in the barnacle Semibalanus balanoides. The exoskeleton is composed of six interlocking wall plates, and the interlocks between neighbouring plates (alae) allow barnacles to expand and grow while remaining sealed and structurally strong. Our results indicate that the ala contain functionally graded orientations and microstructures in their crystallography, which has implications for naturally functioning microstructures, potential natural strengthening and preferred oriented biomineralization. Elongated grains at the outer edge of the ala are oriented perpendicularly to the contact surface, and the c-axis rotates with the radius of the ala. Additionally, we identify for the first time three-dimensional nanoscale ala pore networks revealing that the pores are only visible at the tip of the ala and that pore thickening occurs on the inside (soft bodied) edge of the plates. The pore networks appear to have the same orientation as the oriented crystallography, and we deduce that the pore networks are probably organic channels and pockets, which are involved with the biomineralization process. Understanding these multiscale features contributes towards an understanding of the structural architecture in barnacles, but also their consideration for bioinspiration of human-made materials. The work demonstrates that correlative methods spanning different length scales, dimensions and modes enable the extension of the structure-property relationships in materials to form and function of organisms.
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- R. L. Mitchell
- Advanced Imaging of Materials (AIM) Facility, College of Engineering, Swansea University, Swansea SA1 8EN, UK
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- Advanced Imaging of Materials (AIM) Facility, College of Engineering, Swansea University, Swansea SA1 8EN, UK
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- Advanced Imaging of Materials (AIM) Facility, College of Engineering, Swansea University, Swansea SA1 8EN, UK
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- Advanced Imaging of Materials (AIM) Facility, College of Engineering, Swansea University, Swansea SA1 8EN, UK
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- Department of Biosciences, Swansea University, Swansea SA2 8PP, UK
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- Advanced Imaging of Materials (AIM) Facility, College of Engineering, Swansea University, Swansea SA1 8EN, UK
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- Carl Zeiss Microscopy, Pleasanton, CA 94588, USA
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- Advanced Imaging of Materials (AIM) Facility, College of Engineering, Swansea University, Swansea SA1 8EN, UK
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A closed cycle for esterifying aromatic hydrocarbons with CO 2 and alcohol. Nat Chem 2019; 11:940-947. [PMID: 31451785 DOI: 10.1038/s41557-019-0313-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2019] [Accepted: 07/17/2019] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The ability to functionalize hydrocarbons with CO2 could create opportunities for high-volume CO2 utilization. However, current methods to form carbon-carbon bonds between hydrocarbons and CO2 require stoichiometric consumption of very resource-intensive reagents to overcome the low reactivity of these substrates. Here, we report a simple semi-continuous cycle that converts aromatic hydrocarbons, CO2 and alcohol into aromatic esters without consumption of stoichiometric reagents. Our strategy centres on the use of solid bases composed of an alkali carbonate (M2CO3, where M+ = K+ or Cs+) dispersed over a mesoporous support. Nanoscale confinement disrupts the crystallinity of M2CO3 and engenders strong base reactivity at intermediate temperatures. The overall cycle involves two distinct steps: (1) CO32--promoted C-H carboxylation, in which the hydrocarbon substrate is deprotonated by the supported M2CO3 and reacts with CO2 to form a supported carboxylate (RCO2M); and (2) methylation, in which RCO2M reacts with methanol and CO2 to form an isolable methyl ester with concomitant regeneration of M2CO3.
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Xto JM, Borca CN, van Bokhoven JA, Huthwelker T. Aerosol-based synthesis of pure and stable amorphous calcium carbonate. Chem Commun (Camb) 2019; 55:10725-10728. [PMID: 31429426 DOI: 10.1039/c9cc03749g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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A facile aerosol-based method for the synthesis of pure and stable amorphous calcium carbonate (ACC) is presented. The method relies on the instantaneous carbonation of calcium hydroxide aerosols with carbon dioxide followed by rapid drying of the freshly formed ACC. The ACC display extended stability against humidity induced crystallization.
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- Jacinta M Xto
- Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland. and Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland. and Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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Zhang Q, Liu C, Rao Z. Preparation and Characterization of
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- Qingwen Zhang
- Jiangsu Province Engineering Laboratory of High Efficient Energy Storage Technology and EquipmentsChina University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116 PR China
- Laboratory of Energy Storage and Heat TransferSchool of Electrical and Power EngineeringChina University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116 PR China
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- Jiangsu Province Engineering Laboratory of High Efficient Energy Storage Technology and EquipmentsChina University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116 PR China
- Laboratory of Energy Storage and Heat TransferSchool of Electrical and Power EngineeringChina University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116 PR China
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- Jiangsu Province Engineering Laboratory of High Efficient Energy Storage Technology and EquipmentsChina University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116 PR China
- Laboratory of Energy Storage and Heat TransferSchool of Electrical and Power EngineeringChina University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116 PR China
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Böhm CF, Harris J, Schodder PI, Wolf SE. Bioinspired Materials: From Living Systems to New Concepts in Materials Chemistry. MATERIALS 2019; 12:ma12132117. [PMID: 31266158 PMCID: PMC6651889 DOI: 10.3390/ma12132117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2019] [Revised: 06/25/2019] [Accepted: 06/27/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Nature successfully employs inorganic solid-state materials (i.e., biominerals) and hierarchical composites as sensing elements, weapons, tools, and shelters. Optimized over hundreds of millions of years under evolutionary pressure, these materials are exceptionally well adapted to the specifications of the functions that they perform. As such, they serve today as an extensive library of engineering solutions. Key to their design is the interplay between components across length scales. This hierarchical design—a hallmark of biogenic materials—creates emergent functionality not present in the individual constituents and, moreover, confers a distinctly increased functional density, i.e., less material is needed to provide the same performance. The latter aspect is of special importance today, as climate change drives the need for the sustainable and energy-efficient production of materials. Made from mundane materials, these bioceramics act as blueprints for new concepts in the synthesis and morphosynthesis of multifunctional hierarchical materials under mild conditions. In this review, which also may serve as an introductory guide for those entering this field, we demonstrate how the pursuit of studying biomineralization transforms and enlarges our view on solid-state material design and synthesis, and how bioinspiration may allow us to overcome both conceptual and technical boundaries.
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- Corinna F Böhm
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering (WW), Institute of Glass and Ceramics (WW3), Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU), Martensstrasse 5, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering (WW), Institute of Glass and Ceramics (WW3), Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU), Martensstrasse 5, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering (WW), Institute of Glass and Ceramics (WW3), Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU), Martensstrasse 5, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering (WW), Institute of Glass and Ceramics (WW3), Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU), Martensstrasse 5, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany.
- Interdisciplinary Center for Functional Particle Systems (FPS), Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, 91058 Erlangen, Germany.
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Electrophoretic and potentiometric signatures of multistage CaCO3 nucleation. J Colloid Interface Sci 2019; 544:249-256. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2019.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2019] [Revised: 02/28/2019] [Accepted: 03/01/2019] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Spiesz EM, Schmieden DT, Grande AM, Liang K, Schwiedrzik J, Natalio F, Michler J, Garcia SJ, Aubin-Tam ME, Meyer AS. Bacterially Produced, Nacre-Inspired Composite Materials. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2019; 15:e1805312. [PMID: 30951252 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201805312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2018] [Revised: 02/27/2019] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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The impressive mechanical properties of natural composites, such as nacre, arise from their multiscale hierarchical structures, which span from nano- to macroscale and lead to effective energy dissipation. While some synthetic bioinspired materials have achieved the toughness of natural nacre, current production methods are complex and typically involve toxic chemicals, extreme temperatures, and/or high pressures. Here, the exclusive use of bacteria to produce nacre-inspired layered calcium carbonate-polyglutamate composite materials that reach and exceed the toughness of natural nacre, while additionally exhibiting high extensibility and maintaining high stiffness, is introduced. The extensive diversity of bacterial metabolic abilities and the possibility of genetic engineering allows for the creation of a library of bacterially produced, cost-effective, and eco-friendly composite materials.
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- Ewa M Spiesz
- Department of Bionanoscience, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629, HZ Delft, The Netherlands
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- Department of Bionanoscience, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629, HZ Delft, The Netherlands
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- Department of Aerospace Science and Technology, Politecnico di Milano, Via Giuseppe La Masa, 34, 20156, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Bionanoscience, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629, HZ Delft, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory for Mechanics of Materials and Nanostructures, EMPA Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Überland Str. 129, 8600, Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Weizmann Institute of Science, 234 Herzl St., Rehovot, 7610001, Israel
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- Laboratory for Mechanics of Materials and Nanostructures, EMPA Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Überland Str. 129, 8600, Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Kluyverweg 1, 2629, HS Delft, The Netherlands
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- Department of Bionanoscience, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629, HZ Delft, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biology, University of Rochester, Hutchison Road, Rochester, NY, 14620, USA
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Schmidt I, Zolotoyabko E, Lee K, Gjardy A, Berner A, Lakin E, Fratzl P, Wagermaier W. Effect of Strontium Ions on Crystallization of Amorphous Calcium Carbonate. CRYSTAL RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/crat.201900002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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- Ingo Schmidt
- Department of Biomaterials; Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces; Potsdam 14424 Germany
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering; Technion-Israel Institute of Technology; Haifa 32000 Israel
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- Graduate School of Energy Science and Technology; Chungnam National University,; 34134 Daejeon Korea
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- Department of Biomaterials; Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces; Potsdam 14424 Germany
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering; Technion-Israel Institute of Technology; Haifa 32000 Israel
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering; Technion-Israel Institute of Technology; Haifa 32000 Israel
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- Department of Biomaterials; Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces; Potsdam 14424 Germany
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- Department of Biomaterials; Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces; Potsdam 14424 Germany
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Albéric M, Stifler CA, Zou Z, Sun CY, Killian CE, Valencia S, Mawass MA, Bertinetti L, Gilbert PUPA, Politi Y. Growth and regrowth of adult sea urchin spines involve hydrated and anhydrous amorphous calcium carbonate precursors. JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY-X 2019; 1:100004. [PMID: 32647811 PMCID: PMC7337052 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjsbx.2019.100004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2018] [Revised: 01/27/2019] [Accepted: 01/28/2019] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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In various mineralizing marine organisms, calcite or aragonite crystals form through the initial deposition of amorphous calcium carbonate (ACC) phases with different hydration levels. Using X-ray PhotoEmission Electron spectroMicroscopy (X-PEEM), ACCs with varied spectroscopic signatures were previously identified. In particular, ACC type I and II were recognized in embryonic sea urchin spicules. ACC type I was assigned to hydrated ACC based on spectral similarity with synthetic hydrated ACC. However, the identity of ACC type II has never been unequivocally determined experimentally. In the present study we show that synthetic anhydrous ACC and ACC type II identified here in sea urchin spines, have similar Ca L2,3-edge spectra. Moreover, using X-PEEM chemical mapping, we revealed the presence of ACC-H2O and anhydrous ACC in growing stereom and septa regions of sea urchin spines, supporting their role as precursor phases in both structures. However, the distribution and the abundance of the two ACC phases differ substantially between the two growing structures, suggesting a variation in the crystal growth mechanism; in particular, ACC dehydration, in the two-step reaction ACC-H2O → ACC → calcite, presents different kinetics, which are proposed to be controlled biologically.
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- Marie Albéric
- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, 14424 Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, 14424 Potsdam, Germany.,State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, 430070 Wuhan, China
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- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA.,Materials Science Program, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialen & Energie, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, 14424 Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA.,Departments of Chemistry, Geoscience, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, 14424 Potsdam, Germany
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Tsao C, Yu PT, Lo CH, Chang CK, Wang CH, Yang YW, Chan JCC. Anhydrous amorphous calcium carbonate (ACC) is structurally different from the transient phase of biogenic ACC. Chem Commun (Camb) 2019; 55:6946-6949. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cc00518h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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An in situ ambient pressure soft X-ray spectroscopic study of the phase transformation of ACC exposed to water vapor in the mbar pressure range in conjunction with heat treatment.
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- Chieh Tsao
- Department of Chemistry
- National Taiwan University
- Taipei
- Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry
- National Taiwan University
- Taipei
- Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry
- National Taiwan University
- Taipei
- Taiwan
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center
- Hsinchu 30076
- Taiwan
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center
- Hsinchu 30076
- Taiwan
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center
- Hsinchu 30076
- Taiwan
- Department of Chemistry
- National Tsing Hua University
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Xto J, Wetter R, Borca CN, Frieh C, van Bokhoven JA, Huthwelker T. Droplet-based in situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy cell for studying crystallization processes at the tender X-ray energy range. RSC Adv 2019; 9:34004-34010. [PMID: 35528920 PMCID: PMC9073857 DOI: 10.1039/c9ra06084g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2019] [Accepted: 10/09/2019] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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The understanding of nucleation and crystallization is fundamental in science and technology. In solution, these processes are complex involving multiple transformations from ions and ion pairs through amorphous intermediates to multiple crystalline phases. X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS), which is sensitive to liquid, amorphous and crystalline phases offers prospects of demystifying these processes. However, for low Z elements the use of in situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy requires the tender X-ray range, which is often limited by vacuum requirements thereby complicating these measurements. To overcome these challenges, we developed a versatile and user-friendly droplet-based in situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy cell for studying crystallization processes. Time-resolved in situ experiments under ambient conditions are carried out in the cell whilst the cell is mounted in the vacuum chamber of a tender X-ray beamline. By following changes in the Ca K-edge X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES), we captured in situ the intermediate phases involved during calcium carbonate crystallization from aqueous solutions. In addition, through linear combination fitting it was possible to qualitatively observe the evolution of each phase during the reaction demonstrating the potential of the cell in studying complex multiphase chemical processes. We introduce a new in situ cell for time-resolved reactions involving aerosols/droplets using tender X-ray absorption spectroscopy and related methods.![]()
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- Jacinta Xto
- Paul Scherrer Institut
- 5232 Villigen
- Switzerland
- Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering
- ETH Zürich
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- Paul Scherrer Institut
- 5232 Villigen
- Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut
- 5232 Villigen
- Switzerland
- Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering
- ETH Zürich
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Wang L, Hui J, Tang J, Rowell N, Zhang B, Zhu T, Zhang M, Hao X, Fan H, Zeng J, Han S, Yu K. Precursor Self-Assembly Identified as a General Pathway for Colloidal Semiconductor Magic-Size Clusters. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2018; 5:1800632. [PMID: 30581693 PMCID: PMC6299716 DOI: 10.1002/advs.201800632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2018] [Revised: 07/30/2018] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Little is known about the formation pathway of colloidal semiconductor magic-size clusters (MSCs). Here, the synthesis of the first single-ensemble ZnSe MSCs, which exhibit a sharp optical absorption singlet peaking at 299 nm, is reported; their formation is independent of Zn and Se precursors used. It is proposed that the formation of MSCs starts with precursor self-assembly followed by Zn and Se covalent bond formation to result in immediate precursors (IPs) which can transform into the MSCs. It is demonstrated that the IPs in cyclohexane appear transparent in optical absorption, and become visible as MSCs exhibiting one sharp optical absorption peak when a primary amine is added at room temperature. It is shown that when the preparation of the IP is controlled to be within the induction period, which occurs prior to nucleation and growth of conventional quantum dots (QDs), the resulting MSCs can be produced without the complication of the simultaneous coproduction of conventional QDs. The present study reveals the existence of precursor self-assembly which leads to the formation of colloidal semiconductor MSCs and provides insights into a multistep nucleation process in cluster science.
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- Linxi Wang
- Institute of Atomic and Molecular PhysicsSichuan UniversityChengdu610065P. R. China
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular PhysicsSichuan UniversityChengdu610065P. R. China
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular PhysicsSichuan UniversityChengdu610065P. R. China
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- National Research Council of CanadaOttawaOntarioK1A 0R6Canada
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular PhysicsSichuan UniversityChengdu610065P. R. China
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular PhysicsSichuan UniversityChengdu610065P. R. China
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular PhysicsSichuan UniversityChengdu610065P. R. China
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular PhysicsSichuan UniversityChengdu610065P. R. China
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- Engineering Research Center in BiomaterialsSichuan UniversityChengdu610065P. R. China
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- Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation FacilityShanghai Institute of Applied PhysicsChinese Academy of SciencesShanghai201204P. R. China
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular PhysicsSichuan UniversityChengdu610065P. R. China
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular PhysicsSichuan UniversityChengdu610065P. R. China
- Engineering Research Center in BiomaterialsSichuan UniversityChengdu610065P. R. China
- School of Chemical EngineeringSichuan UniversityChengdu610065P. R. China
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