Journal
ACTA BIOMATERIALIA
Volume 6, Issue 3, Pages 1001-1005Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2009.09.002
Keywords
Amorphous calcium carbonate; Biomineralization; Crystallization; Nucleation and growth; Phase transformation
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Biogenic single crystals with complex shapes are believed to be generated by the crystallization of an amorphous precursor Recent biomimetic experiments oil the crystallization of calcite Via amorphous-to-crystalline transition point to the fact that the transformation kinetics may be controlled by the micropattern and the macroscopic shape of the amorphous precursor phase. Here we analyse a simple kinetic model, based on thermodynamic considerations. showing that the presence of cavities in the micropatterned precursor phase might interfere with the transformation process and control its kinetics The size of the cavities Couples to the total surface energy and, hence, to crystal nucleation and growth, while the spacing of the cavities, as compared to the typical diffusion path, controls the possible nucleation of competing crystals (C) 2009 Acta Materialia Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved.
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