Tuning hardness in calcite by incorporation of amino acids

Yi-Yeoun Kim,Joseph D. Carloni,Beatrice Demarchi,David Sparks,David G. Reid,Miki E. Kunitake,Chiu C. Tang,Melinda J. Duer,Colin L. Freeman,Boaz Pokroy,Kirsty Penkman,John H. Harding,Lara A. Estroff,Shefford P. Baker,Fiona C. Meldrum

Tuning hardness in calcite by incorporation of amino acids

2016

Yi-Yeoun Kim
Joseph D. Carloni
Beatrice Demarchi
David Sparks
David G. Reid
Miki E. Kunitake
Chiu C. Tang
Melinda J. Duer
Colin L. Freeman
Boaz Pokroy
Kirsty Penkman
John H. Harding
Lara A. Estroff
Shefford P. Baker
Fiona C. Meldrum

By means of a model of calcite single crystals containing high and tunable amounts of occluded amino acids, the hardness of the crystals can be quantitatively correlated with their composition.

Keywords:

Materials science
Nanotechnology
Calcite
Crystallography
Amino acid
Crystal
Biomineralization
Inorganic chemistry
Chemical engineering

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