Journal
MRS BULLETIN
Volume 35, Issue 2, Pages 127-132Publisher
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1557/mrs2010.632
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- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT) [20655022, 17655048, 19750106]
- Japan Society of the Promotion of Science OSPS [209962]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [19750106, 17655048, 20655022] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Biominerals such as the nacre of shells, spicules of sea urchins, teeth, and bones are inorganic-organic hybrids that have highly controlled hierarchical and complex structures. These structures are formed in mild conditions, and the processes are controlled by macromolecular templates of proteins, peptides, and polysaccharides. Materials scientists can obtain ideas from the structures, properties, and formation processes of biominerals for use in creating synthetic, biomimetic materials. This article highlights bioinspired synthetic approaches to the development of organic/CaCO3 hybrids using macromolecular templates. These hybrids have oriented, patterned, and 3D complex structures, as well as thin films with smooth Surfaces. The structures are formed by templating synthetic and semisynthetic macromolecules. These materials have great potential for new functional materials.
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