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Ruiz-Agudo C, Cölfen H. Exploring the Potential of Nonclassical Crystallization Pathways to Advance Cementitious Materials. Chem Rev 2024; 124:7538-7618. [PMID: 38874016 PMCID: PMC11212030 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2023] [Revised: 05/31/2024] [Accepted: 06/03/2024] [Indexed: 06/15/2024]
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Understanding the crystallization of cement-binding phases, from basic units to macroscopic structures, can enhance cement performance, reduce clinker use, and lower CO2 emissions in the construction sector. This review examines the crystallization pathways of C-S-H (the main phase in PC cement) and other alternative binding phases, particularly as cement formulations evolve toward increasing SCMs and alternative binders as clinker replacements. We adopt a nonclassical crystallization perspective, which recognizes the existence of critical intermediate steps between ions in solution and the final crystalline phases, such as solute ion associates, dense liquid phases, amorphous intermediates, and nanoparticles. These multistep pathways uncover innovative strategies for controlling the crystallization of binding phases through additive use, potentially leading to highly optimized cement matrices. An outstanding example of additive-controlled crystallization in cementitious materials is the synthetically produced mesocrystalline C-S-H, renowned for its remarkable flexural strength. This highly ordered microstructure, which intercalates soft matter between inorganic and brittle C-S-H, was obtained by controlling the assembly of individual C-S-H subunits. While large-scale production of cementitious materials by a bottom-up self-assembly method is not yet feasible, the fundamental insights into the crystallization mechanism of cement binding phases presented here provide a foundation for developing advanced cement-based materials.
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- Cristina Ruiz-Agudo
- Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Konstanz, Universitätsstr. 10, 78457 Konstanz, Germany
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- Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Konstanz, Universitätsstr. 10, 78457 Konstanz, Germany
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White-Pettigrew M, Shaw S, Hughes L, Boothman C, Graham J, Abrahamsen-Mills L, Morris K, Lloyd JR. Enhanced Strontium Removal through Microbially Induced Carbonate Precipitation by Indigenous Ureolytic Bacteria. ACS EARTH & SPACE CHEMISTRY 2024; 8:483-498. [PMID: 38533191 PMCID: PMC10961847 DOI: 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.3c00252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2023] [Revised: 11/23/2023] [Accepted: 11/27/2023] [Indexed: 03/28/2024]
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Microbial ureolysis offers the potential to remove metals including Sr2+ as carbonate minerals via the generation of alkalinity coupled to NH4+ and HCO3- production. Here, we investigated the potential for bacteria, indigenous to sediments representative of the U.K. Sellafield nuclear site where 90Sr is present as a groundwater contaminant, to utilize urea in order to target Sr2+-associated (Ca)CO3 formation in sediment microcosm studies. Strontium removal was enhanced in most sediments in the presence of urea only, coinciding with a significant pH increase. Adding the biostimulation agents acetate/lactate, Fe(III), and yeast extract to further enhance microbial metabolism, including ureolysis, enhanced ureolysis and increased Sr and Ca removal. Environmental scanning electron microscopy analyses suggested that coprecipitation of Ca and Sr occurred, with evidence of Sr associated with calcium carbonate polymorphs. Sr K-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy analysis was conducted on authentic Sellafield sediments stimulated with Fe(III) and quarry outcrop sediments amended with yeast extract. Spectra from the treated Sellafield and quarry sediments showed Sr2+ local coordination environments indicative of incorporation into calcite and vaterite crystal structures, respectively. 16S rRNA gene analysis identified ureolytic bacteria of the genus Sporosarcina in these incubations, suggesting they have a key role in enhancing strontium removal. The onset of ureolysis also appeared to enhance the microbial reduction of Fe(III), potentially via a tight coupling between Fe(III) and NH4+ as an electron donor for metal reduction. This suggests ureolysis may support the immobilization of 90Sr via coprecipitation with insoluble calcium carbonate and cofacilitate reductive precipitation of certain redox active radionuclides, e.g., uranium.
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- Matthew White-Pettigrew
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Centre for Radwaste Disposal and Williamson Research Centre for Molecular
Environmental Science, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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Nuclear Laboratory, Warrington, Cheshire WA3 6AE, United Kingdom
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Centre for Radwaste Disposal and Williamson Research Centre for Molecular
Environmental Science, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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Centre for Radwaste Disposal and Williamson Research Centre for Molecular
Environmental Science, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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Centre for Radwaste Disposal and Williamson Research Centre for Molecular
Environmental Science, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- National
Nuclear Laboratory, Warrington, Cheshire WA3 6AE, United Kingdom
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Centre for Radwaste Disposal and Williamson Research Centre for Molecular
Environmental Science, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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Centre for Radwaste Disposal and Williamson Research Centre for Molecular
Environmental Science, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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The Matrix Protein Cysrichin, a Galaxin-like Protein from Hyriopsis cumingii, Induces Vaterite Formation In Vitro. BIOLOGY 2023; 12:biology12030447. [PMID: 36979139 PMCID: PMC10045328 DOI: 10.3390/biology12030447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2022] [Revised: 02/23/2023] [Accepted: 03/09/2023] [Indexed: 03/17/2023]
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In this study, we cloned a novel matrix protein, cysrichin, with 16.03% homology and a similar protein structure to the coral biomineralized protein galaxin. Tissue expression analysis showed that cysrichin was mainly expressed in mantle and gill tissues. In situ hybridization indicated that cysrichin mRNA was detected in the entire epithelium region of mantle tissue. RNAi analysis and shell notching experiment confirmed that cysrichin participates in the prismatic layer and nacreous layer formation of the shell. An in vitro crystallization experiment showed that the cysrichin protein induced lotus-shaped and round-shaped crystals, which were identified as vaterite crystals. These results may provide new clues for understanding the formation of vaterite in freshwater shellfish.
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Mandera S, Coronado I, Fernández-Díaz L, Mazur M, Cruz JA, Januszewicz B, Fernández-Martínez E, Cózar P, Stolarski J. Earthworm granules: A model of non-classical biogenic calcium carbonate phase transformations. Acta Biomater 2023; 162:149-163. [PMID: 37001839 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2023.03.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2022] [Revised: 03/17/2023] [Accepted: 03/22/2023] [Indexed: 03/31/2023]
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Different non-classical crystallization mechanisms have been invoked to explain structural and compositional properties of biocrystals. The identification of precursor amorphous nanoparticle aggregation as an onset process in the formation of numerous biominerals (crystallization via particle attachment) constituted a most important breakthrough for understanding biologically mediated mineralization. A comprehensive understanding about how the attached amorphous particles transform into more stable, crystalline grains has yet to be elucidated. Here, we document structural, biogeochemical, and crystallographic aspects of the formation as well as the further phase transformations of the amorphous calcium carbonate particles formed by cultured specimens of earthworm Lumbricus terrestris. In-situ observations evidence the formation of proto-vaterite after dehydration of earthworm-produced ACC, which is subsequently followed by proto-vaterite transformation into calcite through nanoparticle attachment within the organic framework. In culture medium spiked with trace amounts of Mn2+, the cauliflower-like proto-vaterite structures become longer-lived than in the absence of Mn2+. We propose that the formation of calcite crystals takes place through a non-classical recrystallization path that involves migration of proto-vaterite nanoparticles to the crystallization site, and then, their transformation into calcite via a dissolution-recrystallization reaction. The latter is complemented by ion-by-ion crystal growth and associated with impurity release. These observations are integrated into a new model of the biocrystallization of earthworm-produced carbonate granules which highlights the sensibility of this process to environmental chemical changes, its potential impact on the bioavailability of contaminants as well as the threat that chemical pollution poses to the normal development of its early stages. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: Understanding the mechanisms of nucleation, stabilization and aggregation of amorphous calcium carbonate (ACC) and factors controlling its further transformation into crystalline phases is fundamental for elucidation of biogenic mineralization. Some species of earthworms are natural workbench to understand the biogenic ACC, stabilization and the transformation mechanisms, because they create millimeter-sized calcareous granules from amorphous calcium carbonate, which crystallize to a more stable mineral phase (mostly calcite). This study undergoes into the mechanisms of ACC stabilization by the incorporation of trace elements, as manganese, and the ulterior precipitation of calcareous granules by a coupled process of amorphous particle attachment and ion-by-ion growth. The study points to sensibility of this process to environmental chemical changes.
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Surfactant-free hydrothermal fabrication of vaterite CaCO3 with hexagonal bipyramidal morphologies using seawater. POWDER TECHNOL 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2022.117865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Kahil K, Raiteri P, Gale JD, Rez P. Calculations of the Evolution of the Ca L 23 Fine Structure in Amorphous Calcium Carbonate. J Phys Chem B 2022; 126:5103-5109. [PMID: 35763361 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c03440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Amorphous calcium carbonate (ACC) has been found in many different organisms. Biogenic ACC is frequently a precursor in the formation of calcite and aragonite. The process of structural transformation is therefore of great interest in the study of crystallization pathways in biomineralization. Changes in the prepeak/main peak (L2'/L2) intensity ratio of the Ca L23-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) of Ca-rich particles in skeleton-building cells of sea urchin larva revealed that ACC precipitates through a continuum of states rather than through abrupt phase transitions involving two distinct phases as formerly believed. Using an atomic multiplet code, we show that only a tetragonal or "umbrella-like" distortion of the Ca coordination polyhedron can give rise to the observed continuum of states. We also show on the basis of the structures obtained from previous molecular dynamics simulations of hydrated nanoparticles that the Ca L23-edge is not sensitive to atomic arrangements in the early stages of the transformation process.
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- Keren Kahil
- Department of Chemical and Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Curtin Institute for Computation/The Institute for Geoscience Research, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, PO Box U1987, Perth, Western Australia 6845, Australia
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- Curtin Institute for Computation/The Institute for Geoscience Research, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, PO Box U1987, Perth, Western Australia 6845, Australia
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- Department of Physics, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287-1504 United States
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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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Valladares V, Pasquini C, Thiengo SC, Mello-Silva CC. Feasibility of near-infrared spectroscopy for species identification and parasitological diagnosis of freshwater snails of the genus Biomphalaria (Planorbidae). PLoS One 2021; 16:e0259832. [PMID: 34762684 PMCID: PMC8584770 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0259832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2020] [Accepted: 10/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) has been applied in epidemiological surveillance studies of insect vectors of parasitic diseases, such as the Dengue's mosquitoes. However, regarding mollusks, vectors of important worldwide helminth diseases such as schistosomiasis, fascioliasis and angiostrongyliasis, NIRS studies are rare. This work proposes to establish and standardize the procedure of data collection and analysis using NIRS applied to medical malacology, i.e., to mollusk vectors identifications. Biomphalaria shells and live snails were analyzed regarding several operational aspects, such as: moisture, shell side and position of the live animal for acquisition of NIR spectra. Representative spectra of Biomphalaria shells and live snails were collected using an average of 50 scans per sample and resolution of 16 cm-1. For shells, the sample should first be dried for a minimum of 15 days at an average temperature of 26±1°C, and then placed directly in the equipment measurement window with its left side facing the light beam. Live animals should be dried with absorbent paper; placed into a glass jar, and analyzed similarly to the shells. Once standardized, the technique was applied aiming at two objectives: identification of Biomphalaria using only the shells and parasitological diagnosis for Schistosoma mansoni infection. The discrimination of the three Biomphalaria species intermediate hosts of S. mansoni only by shell has technical limit due to the scarcity of organic material. Nevertheless, it was possible to differentiate B. straminea from B. tenagophila and B. glabrata with 96% accuracy. As for the parasitological diagnosis, it was possible to differentiate infected mollusks shedding S. mansoni cercariae from the non-infected ones with 82, 5% accuracy. In conclusion, the Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIR's) technique has proven to be an innovative and sound tool to detect infection by S. mansoni in the different species of Biomphalaria intermediate hosts.
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- Vanessa Valladares
- Evaluation and Promotion of Environmental Health Laboratory, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz-Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- National Institute of Advanced Analytical Sciences and Technologies (INCTAA), State University of Campinas—UNICAMP / Chemistry Institute, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Evaluation and Promotion of Environmental Health Laboratory, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz-Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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Schuitemaker A, Raiteri P, Demichelis R. The atomic structure and dynamics at the CaCO 3 vaterite-water interface: A classical molecular dynamics study. J Chem Phys 2021; 154:164504. [PMID: 33940811 DOI: 10.1063/5.0049483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Classical molecular and lattice dynamics were applied to explore the structure and dynamics of water on different surfaces of vaterite, the least abundant calcium carbonate polymorph. Surfaces were generated starting from the three possible structural models for vaterite (monoclinic, hexagonal/trigonal, and triclinic) and pre-screened using their surface energies in an implicit solvent. Surfaces with energies lower than 0.55 J/m2 were then run in explicit water. The majority of these surfaces dissolve in less than 100 ns, highlighting the low stability of this phase in abiotic environments. Three stable surfaces were identified; they exhibited only minor structural changes when in contact with explicit water and did not show any tendency to dissolve during 1 µs molecular dynamics simulations. The computed water density profiles show that all these surfaces have two distinct hydration layers. The water residence time at the various calcium sites was computed to be within 0.7 and 20.5 ns, which suggests that specific Ca ions will be more readily available to bind with organic molecules present in solution. This analysis is a step forward in understanding the structure of this complex mineral and its role in biomineralization, as it provides a solid theoretical background to explore its surface chemistry. In particular, this study provides realistic surface models and predicts the effect of water exchange at the surface active sites on the adsorption of other molecules.
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- Alicia Schuitemaker
- Curtin Institute for Computation, The Institute for Geoscience Research (TIGeR), School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, 6845 Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Curtin Institute for Computation, The Institute for Geoscience Research (TIGeR), School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, 6845 Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Curtin Institute for Computation, The Institute for Geoscience Research (TIGeR), School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, 6845 Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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Checa AG, Macías-Sánchez E, Rodríguez-Navarro AB, Sánchez-Navas A, Lagos NA. Origin of the biphase nature and surface roughness of biogenic calcite secreted by the giant barnacle Austromegabalanus psittacus. Sci Rep 2020; 10:16784. [PMID: 33033294 PMCID: PMC7544902 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-73804-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2020] [Accepted: 09/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The calcite grains forming the wall plates of the giant barnacle Austramegabalanus psittacus have a distinctive surface roughness made of variously sized crystalline nanoprotrusions covered by extremely thin amorphous pellicles. This biphase (crystalline-amorphous) structure also penetrates through the crystal’s interiors, forming a web-like structure. Nanoprotrusions very frequently elongate following directions related to the crystallographic structure of calcite, in particular, the <− 441> directions, which are the strongest periodic bond chains (PBCs) in calcite. We propose that the formation of elongated nanoprotrusions happens during the crystallization of calcite from a precursor amorphous calcium carbonate (ACC). This is because biomolecules integrated within the ACC are expelled from such PBCs due to the force of crystallization, with the consequent formation of uninterrupted crystalline nanorods. Expelled biomolecules accumulate in adjacent regions, thereby stabilizing small pellicle-like volumes of ACC. With growth, such pellicles become occluded within the crystal. In summary, the surface roughness of the biomineral surface reflects the complex shape of the crystallization front, and the biphase structure provides evidence for crystallization from an amorphous precursor. The surface roughness is generally explained as resulting from the attachment of ACC particles to the crystal surface, which later crystallised in concordance with the crystal lattice. If this was the case, the nanoprotrusions do not reflect the size and shape of any precursor particle. Accordingly, the particle attachment model for biomineral formation should seek new evidence.
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- Antonio G Checa
- Departamento de Estratigrafía y Paleontología, Universidad de Granada, 18071, Granada, Spain. .,Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra, CSIC-Universidad de Granada, 18100, Armilla, Spain.
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- Radboud University Medical Center, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.,Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, 14476, Potsdam, Germany
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- Departamento de Mineralogía y Petrología, Universidad de Granada, 18071, Granada, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación e Innovación para el Cambio Climático, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Santo Tomás, Santiago, Chile
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Crystalline and amorphous calcium carbonate as structural components of the Calappa granulata exoskeleton. J Struct Biol 2020; 211:107557. [PMID: 32603682 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2020.107557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2020] [Revised: 06/21/2020] [Accepted: 06/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The exoskeleton of crustaceans consists of chitin biopolymers where the embedded inorganic biominerals, mainly CaCO3, affect strongly its mechanical properties. Raman and Near Edge X-ray Absorption Fine Structure (NEXAFS) spectroscopies and Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) are applied to investigate the CaCO3 structure in various parts of the Calappa granulata crab exoskeleton. The shape of the main Raman peak of CaCO3 reveals the presence of two phases which are identified as calcite and amorphous calcium carbonate (ACC). The relative concentration of the two phases in various parts of the exoskeleton is determined from the area ratio under the corresponding peaks. The results of the Ca L3,2-edge NEXAFS analysis are in line with the Raman findings, since the energy separation of peaks that appear in the lower frequency region of the main L2 and L3 peaks due to crystal field splitting, is directly related to the percentage of the ACC phase in the total CaCO3 mineral content. The C K-edge spectra are used for the determination of the extent of calcification of the exoskeleton. Furthermore, dark and bright field TEM images reveal the presence of nanocrystallites with an average size of 20 nm. The structure of the nanocrystallites, as derived from the Selected Area Electron Diffraction patterns, is calcite. The results suggest that ACC plays a structural role in the exoskeleton of Calappa granulata.
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Chen M, McNeill AS, Hu Y, Dixon DA. Elucidation of Bottom-Up Growth of CaCO 3 Involving Prenucleation Clusters from Structure Predictions and Decomposition of Globally Optimized (CaCO 3) n Nanoclusters. ACS NANO 2020; 14:4153-4165. [PMID: 32267671 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b08907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Low-energy minima structures for (CaCO3)n, n ≤ 28, are predicted using bottom-up genetic algorithms in conjunction with density functional theory electronic structure calculations, in comparison with the frozen and relaxed top-down clusters generated by cuts from the calcite, vaterite, and aragonite crystal structures. Similarities in structural motifs for the bottom-up and relaxed top-down are revealed using a fragment recognition technique. Fragment energy decomposition analysis shows that the bottom-up and relaxed top-down clusters belong to two classes of amorphous clusters with distinct intracluster energy distributions, despite their structural similarity. The bottom-up clusters with >20 formula units are surface stabilized with negative surface energy densities. In contrast, the top-down clusters are interior stabilized with positive surface energy densities. We prove that the sign of the surface energy density determines whether the nucleation reaction energy as a function of nuclear size has a maximum or a minimum. The surface-stabilized bottom-up clusters are proposed to be a type of prenucleation cluster at the minimum of the nucleation reaction energy. A mechanism for mineralization of CaCO3 involving prenucleation clusters and nonclassical growth pathway is proposed on the basis of our theoretical findings, which is consistent with previous titration experiments.
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- Mingyang Chen
- Center for Green Innovation, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
- Shunde Graduate School of University of Science and Technology Beijing, Foshan 528000, China
- Beijing Computational Science Research Center, Beijing 100193, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Alabama, Shelby Hall, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0336, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Alabama, Shelby Hall, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0336, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Alabama, Shelby Hall, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0336, United States
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Jiang W, Athanasiadou D, Zhang S, Demichelis R, Koziara KB, Raiteri P, Nelea V, Mi W, Ma JA, Gale JD, McKee MD. Homochirality in biomineral suprastructures induced by assembly of single-enantiomer amino acids from a nonracemic mixture. Nat Commun 2019; 10:2318. [PMID: 31127116 PMCID: PMC6534569 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-10383-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2018] [Accepted: 05/09/2019] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Since Pasteur first successfully separated right-handed and left-handed tartrate crystals in 1848, the understanding of how homochirality is achieved from enantiomeric mixtures has long been incomplete. Here, we report on a chirality dominance effect where organized, three-dimensional homochiral suprastructures of the biomineral calcium carbonate (vaterite) can be induced from a mixed nonracemic amino acid system. Right-handed (counterclockwise) homochiral vaterite helicoids are induced when the amino acid L-Asp is in the majority, whereas left-handed (clockwise) homochiral morphology is induced when D-Asp is in the majority. Unexpectedly, the Asp that incorporates into the homochiral vaterite helicoids maintains the same enantiomer ratio as that of the initial growth solution, thus showing chirality transfer without chirality amplification. Changes in the degree of chirality of the vaterite helicoids are postulated to result from the extent of majority enantiomer assembly on the mineral surface. These mechanistic insights potentially have major implications for high-level advanced materials synthesis.
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- Wenge Jiang
- Department of Chemistry, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, and Tianjin Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science & Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, P. R. China, 300072
- Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, H3A 0C7
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, P. R. China, 200240
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- Curtin Institute for Computation, The Institute for Geoscience Research (TIGeR), and School of Molecular and Life Science, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA, 6845, Australia
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- Curtin Institute for Computation, The Institute for Geoscience Research (TIGeR), and School of Molecular and Life Science, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA, 6845, Australia
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- Curtin Institute for Computation, The Institute for Geoscience Research (TIGeR), and School of Molecular and Life Science, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA, 6845, Australia
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- Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, H3A 0C7
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Materials Physics and Preparation Technology, School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin, P. R. China, 300354
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- Department of Chemistry, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, and Tianjin Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science & Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, P. R. China, 300072
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- Curtin Institute for Computation, The Institute for Geoscience Research (TIGeR), and School of Molecular and Life Science, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA, 6845, Australia
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- Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, H3A 0C7.
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, H3A 0C7.
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Maeda H, Yamagishi R, Ishida EH, Kasuga T. Wettability and dynamics of water droplet on a snail shell. J Colloid Interface Sci 2019; 547:111-116. [PMID: 30947095 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2019.03.096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2019] [Revised: 03/27/2019] [Accepted: 03/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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HYPOTHESIS There are many natural surfaces with special wettabilities. Snail shells have unique rough structures, which indicates a specific wettability. In this study, the surface of a snail shell was simulated using epoxy resins, and water droplet dynamics on original and simulated snail shells were investigated to understand its special wettability. EXPERIMENTS The shell of the Euhadra sandai species of snails was used. The surface structure of the snail shell was simulated using epoxy resins. The surface of this EP resin was treated with UV-O3 for different periods of time. Wettabilities and dynamics of water droplet on the samples were characterized. FINDINGS The surface of the snail shell with a water contact angle of approximately 85° caused the droplet to spread, which is the first report of water droplet dynamics on the shell surface. The behavior of a water droplet on the shell transformed from the Cassie state into the Wenzel state. Changes in the contact angle and diameter of the droplet base on the snail shell were larger than those on the epoxy resins. The surface roughness and chemical heterogeneity of the snail shell led to distortion of the three-phase contact line and enhancement of the spreading of the water droplet.
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- Hirotaka Maeda
- Department of Life Science and Applied Chemistry, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8555, Japan.
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- Department of Life Science and Applied Chemistry, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8555, Japan
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- Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University, 6-6-20 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8579, Japan
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- Department of Life Science and Applied Chemistry, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8555, Japan
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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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Jiang W, Pacella MS, Vali H, Gray JJ, McKee MD. Chiral switching in biomineral suprastructures induced by homochiral l-amino acid. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2018; 4:eaas9819. [PMID: 30083605 PMCID: PMC6070311 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aas9819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2018] [Accepted: 06/22/2018] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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How homochiral l-biomolecules in nature induce a chiral switch in biomineralized architectures is unknown, although chiral switching is common in many calcium carbonate-hardened structures found in marine and terrestrial organisms. We created hierarchically organized, chiral biomineral structures of calcium carbonate, whose chirality can be switched by a single l-enantiomer of an amino acid. The control of this chiral switching involves two stages: a calcium carbonate (vaterite) platelet layer inclination stage, followed by a platelet layer rotation stage, the latter stage being responsible for successional chiral switching events within the biomineralized structures. The morphology of the synthesized chiral vaterite structures remarkably resembles pathologic chiral vaterite otoconia found in the human inner ear. In general, these findings describe how a single-enantiomer amino acid might contribute to biomineral architectures having more than one chirality as is commonly seen in biology, and more specifically, they suggest how pathologic chiral malformations may arise in humans.
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- Wenge Jiang
- Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 0C7, Canada
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218 USA
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 0C7, Canada
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
- Program in Molecular Biophysics, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
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- Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 0C7, Canada
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 0C7, Canada
- Corresponding author.
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Sanogo B, Yuan D, Zeng X, Zhang Y, Wu Z. RETRACTED: Diversity and Compatibility of Human Schistosomes and Their Intermediate Snail Hosts. Trends Parasitol 2018; 34:493-510. [PMID: 29627269 DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2018.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2018] [Revised: 02/22/2018] [Accepted: 03/15/2018] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (https://www.elsevier.com/about/our-business/policies/article-withdrawal) This article has been retracted at the request of the authors: Benjamin Sanogo, Dongjuan Yuan, Xin Zeng, Yanhua Zhang, and Zhongdao Wu. Our article reviews the evolution, geography, diversity, genetics and host-compatibility of human schistosomes and their hosts. It has come to our attention that readers have found some of the content in the article to be confusing or misleading. As authors, we have tried our best to share our scientific discovery and understanding faithfully, but we also agree that scientific reports should stand up to doubt and discussion. After serious consideration, to avoid confusion in the Schistosoma research community, we are retracting the Review. We apologize to the community for any inconvenience we have caused.
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- Benjamin Sanogo
- Department of Parasitology, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China; Key Laboratory for Tropical Diseases Control (SYSU), Ministry of Education, Guangzhou 510080, China; Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Diseases-vectors Control, Guangdong, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- Department of Parasitology, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China; Key Laboratory for Tropical Diseases Control (SYSU), Ministry of Education, Guangzhou 510080, China; Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Diseases-vectors Control, Guangdong, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- Department of Parasitology, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China; Key Laboratory for Tropical Diseases Control (SYSU), Ministry of Education, Guangzhou 510080, China; Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Diseases-vectors Control, Guangdong, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- Department of Parasitology, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China; Key Laboratory for Tropical Diseases Control (SYSU), Ministry of Education, Guangzhou 510080, China; Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Diseases-vectors Control, Guangdong, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- Department of Parasitology, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China; Key Laboratory for Tropical Diseases Control (SYSU), Ministry of Education, Guangzhou 510080, China; Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Diseases-vectors Control, Guangdong, Guangzhou 510080, China
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Albéric M, Bertinetti L, Zou Z, Fratzl P, Habraken W, Politi Y. The Crystallization of Amorphous Calcium Carbonate is Kinetically Governed by Ion Impurities and Water. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2018; 5:1701000. [PMID: 29876222 PMCID: PMC5980180 DOI: 10.1002/advs.201701000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2017] [Revised: 01/12/2018] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Many organisms use amorphous calcium carbonate (ACC) and control its stability by various additives and water; however, the underlying mechanisms are yet unclear. Here, the effect of water and inorganic additives commonly found in biology on the dynamics of the structure of ACC during crystallization and on the energetics of this process is studied. Total X-ray scattering and pair distribution function analysis show that the short- and medium-range order of all studied ACC samples are similar; however, the use of in situ methodologies allow the observation of small structural modifications that are otherwise easily overlooked. Isothermal calorimetric coupled with microgravimetric measurements show that the presence of Mg2+ and of PO43- in ACC retards the crystallization whereas increased water content accelerates the transformation. The enthalpy of ACC with respect to calcite appears, however, independent of the additive concentration but decreases with water content. Surprisingly, the enthalpic contribution of water is compensated for by an equal and opposite entropic term leading to a net independence of ACC thermodynamic stability on its hydration level. Together, these results point toward a kinetic stabilization effect of inorganic additives and water, and may contribute to the understanding of the biological control of mineral stability.
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- Marie Albéric
- Max‐Planck Institute of Colloids and InterfacesPotsdam‐Golm14476Germany
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- Max‐Planck Institute of Colloids and InterfacesPotsdam‐Golm14476Germany
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- Max‐Planck Institute of Colloids and InterfacesPotsdam‐Golm14476Germany
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- Max‐Planck Institute of Colloids and InterfacesPotsdam‐Golm14476Germany
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- Max‐Planck Institute of Colloids and InterfacesPotsdam‐Golm14476Germany
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- Max‐Planck Institute of Colloids and InterfacesPotsdam‐Golm14476Germany
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Macías-Sánchez E, Willinger MG, Pina CM, Checa AG. Transformation of ACC into aragonite and the origin of the nanogranular structure of nacre. Sci Rep 2017; 7:12728. [PMID: 28983081 PMCID: PMC5629257 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-12673-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2017] [Accepted: 09/18/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Currently a basic tenet in biomineralization is that biominerals grow by accretion of amorphous particles, which are later transformed into the corresponding mineral phase. The globular nanostructure of most biominerals is taken as evidence of this. Nevertheless, little is known as to how the amorphous-to-crystalline transformation takes place. To gain insight into this process, we have made a high-resolution study (by means of transmission electron microscopy and other associated techniques) of immature tablets of nacre of the gastropod Phorcus turbinatus, where the proportion of amorphous calcium carbonate is high. Tablets displayed a characteristic nanoglobular structure, with the nanoglobules consisting of an aragonite core surrounded by amorphous calcium carbonate together with organic macromolecules. The changes in composition from the amorphous to the crystalline phase indicate that there was a higher content of organic molecules within the former phase. Within single tablets, the crystalline cores were largely co-oriented. According to their outlines, the internal transformation front of the tablets took on a complex digitiform shape, with the individual fingers constituting the crystalline cores of nanogranules. We propose that the final nanogranular structure observed is produced during the transformation of ACC into aragonite.
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- Elena Macías-Sánchez
- Department of Stratigraphy and Palaeontology, University of Granada, Granada, 18071, Spain.,Andalusian Earth Sciences Institute (IACT), UGR - CSIC, Avd. de las Palmeras 4, Armilla, 18100, Granada, Spain
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Berlin, 14195, Germany.,Department of Colloid Chemistry, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, 14476, Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Crystallography and Mineralogy, Complutense University of Madrid, Geosciences Institute (IGEO) (UCM-CSIC), E-28040, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Stratigraphy and Palaeontology, University of Granada, Granada, 18071, Spain. .,Andalusian Earth Sciences Institute (IACT), UGR - CSIC, Avd. de las Palmeras 4, Armilla, 18100, Granada, Spain.
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Chiral acidic amino acids induce chiral hierarchical structure in calcium carbonate. Nat Commun 2017; 8:15066. [PMID: 28406143 PMCID: PMC5399303 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms15066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2016] [Accepted: 02/24/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Chirality is ubiquitous in biology, including in biomineralization, where it is found in many hardened structures of invertebrate marine and terrestrial organisms (for example, spiralling gastropod shells). Here we show that chiral, hierarchically organized architectures for calcium carbonate (vaterite) can be controlled simply by adding chiral acidic amino acids (Asp and Glu). Chiral, vaterite toroidal suprastructure having a ‘right-handed' (counterclockwise) spiralling morphology is induced by L-enantiomers of Asp and Glu, whereas ‘left-handed' (clockwise) morphology is induced by D-enantiomers, and sequentially switching between amino-acid enantiomers causes a switch in chirality. Nanoparticle tilting after binding of chiral amino acids is proposed as a chiral growth mechanism, where a ‘mother' subunit nanoparticle spawns a slightly tilted, consequential ‘daughter' nanoparticle, which by amplification over various length scales creates oriented mineral platelets and chiral vaterite suprastructures. These findings suggest a molecular mechanism for how biomineralization-related enantiomers might exert hierarchical control to form extended chiral suprastructures. Chiral structures are formed in numerous processes including biomineralization of calcium carbonate. Here, the authors demonstrate that the chiral, hierarchically-organized architecture of the calcium carbonate mineral, vaterite, can be controlled simply by the addition of chiral acidic amino acids.
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Wolf SE, Böhm CF, Harris J, Demmert B, Jacob DE, Mondeshki M, Ruiz-Agudo E, Rodríguez-Navarro C. Nonclassical crystallization in vivo et in vitro (I): Process-structure-property relationships of nanogranular biominerals. J Struct Biol 2016; 196:244-259. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2016.07.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2016] [Revised: 05/25/2016] [Accepted: 07/22/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Akiva A, Kerschnitzki M, Pinkas I, Wagermaier W, Yaniv K, Fratzl P, Addadi L, Weiner S. Mineral Formation in the Larval Zebrafish Tail Bone Occurs via an Acidic Disordered Calcium Phosphate Phase. J Am Chem Soc 2016; 138:14481-14487. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b09442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Anat Akiva
- Department
of Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Department
of Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Department
of Chemical Research Support, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Department
of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Department
of Biological Regulation, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot76100, Israel
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- Department
of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Department
of Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Department
of Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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Is the snail shell repair process really influenced by eggshell membrane as a template of foreign scaffold? J Struct Biol 2016; 196:187-196. [PMID: 27717839 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2016.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2016] [Revised: 09/15/2016] [Accepted: 10/04/2016] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Biominerals are inorganic-organic hybrid composites formed via self-assembled bottom up processes under mild conditions. Biominerals show interesting physical properties, controlled hierarchical structures and robust remodeling or repair mechanisms. Biological processes associated with biominerals remain to be developed into practical engineering processes. Therefore, the formation of biominerals is inspiring for the design of materials, especially those fabricated at ambient temperatures. The study described herein involves the influence of chicken outer eggshell membrane on the type of calcium carbonate (CaCO3) polymorph deposited on the shell of the land snail Helix aspersa during the repair process after an injury. A piece of snail shell was removed by perforating a hole from the largest body whorl. The operated area was left either uncovered or covered with either a thermoplastic flexible polyolefin-based film Parafilm® or a piece of chicken eggshell membrane. The repaired shells of control and experimental animals were analyzed using SEM, EDS, Raman and FTIR spectroscopies. We found that in the presence of eggshell membrane, the polymorph deposited on the substratum during the first hours resembles calcite, the polymorph present in eggshell normal formation, but at 24 and 48h, when snail mantle cells produced their normal organic matrix (mainly β-chitin plus proteins and proteoglycans), the polymorph deposited is aragonite, the characteristic polymorph of Helix shell. Therefore, the eggshell membrane influences the type of polymorph, but only in the initial stages of biomineral deposition, before an organic matrix layer is deposited by the snail.
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Katsikini M. Detailed spectroscopic study of the role of Br and Sr in coloured parts of the Callinectes sapidus crab claw. J Struct Biol 2016; 195:1-10. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2016.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2016] [Revised: 05/12/2016] [Accepted: 05/13/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Innocenti Malini R, Bushuev YG, Hall SA, Freeman CL, Rodger PM, Harding JH. Using simulation to understand the structure and properties of hydrated amorphous calcium carbonate. CrystEngComm 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ce01536g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The protocols used give a range of behaviours comparable to previous experiments and an insight into the structure of ACC.
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Warwick
- Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
- Centre for Scientific Computing
- University of Warwick
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering
- University of Sheffield
- Sheffield S1 3JD, UK
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering
- University of Sheffield
- Sheffield S1 3JD, UK
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Warwick
- Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
- Centre for Scientific Computing
- University of Warwick
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering
- University of Sheffield
- Sheffield S1 3JD, UK
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DeVol RT, Sun CY, Marcus MA, Coppersmith SN, Myneni SCB, Gilbert PU. Nanoscale Transforming Mineral Phases in Fresh Nacre. J Am Chem Soc 2015; 137:13325-33. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b07931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Ross T. DeVol
- Department
of Physics, University of Wisconsin−Madison, 1150 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Department
of Physics, University of Wisconsin−Madison, 1150 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Advanced
Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron
Road, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department
of Physics, University of Wisconsin−Madison, 1150 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Department
of Geosciences, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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- Department
of Physics, University of Wisconsin−Madison, 1150 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin−Madison, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
- Radcliffe
Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University, 8 Garden Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States
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Kababya S, Gal A, Kahil K, Weiner S, Addadi L, Schmidt A. Phosphate-water interplay tunes amorphous calcium carbonate metastability: spontaneous phase separation and crystallization vs stabilization viewed by solid state NMR. J Am Chem Soc 2015; 137:990-8. [PMID: 25523637 DOI: 10.1021/ja511869g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Organisms tune the metastability of amorphous calcium carbonates (ACC), often by incorporation of additives such as phosphate ions and water molecules, to serve diverse functions, such as modulating the availability of calcium reserves or constructing complex skeletal scaffolds. Although the effect of additive distribution on ACC was noted for several biogenic and synthetic systems, the molecular mechanisms by which additives govern ACC stability are not well understood. By precipitating ACC in the presence of different PO4(3-) concentrations and regulating the initial water content, we identify conditions yielding either kinetically locked or spontaneously transforming coprecipitates. Solid state NMR, supported by FTIR, XRD, and electron microscopy, define the interactions of phosphate and water within the initial amorphous matrix, showing that initially the coprecipitates are homogeneous molecular dispersions of structural water and phosphate in ACC, and a small fraction of P-rich phases. Monitoring the transformations of the homogeneous phase shows that PO4(3-) and waters are extracted first, and they phase separate, leading to solid-solid transformation of ACC to calcite; small part of ACC forms vaterite that subsequently converts to calcite. The simultaneous water-PO4(3-) extraction is the key for the subsequent water-mediated accumulation and crystallization of hydroxyapatite (HAp) and carbonated hydroxyapatite. The thermodynamic driving force for the transformations is calcite crystallization, yet it is gated by specific combinations of water-phosphate levels in the initial amorphous coprecipitates. The molecular details of the spontaneously transforming ACC and of the stabilized ACC modulated by phosphate and water at ambient conditions, provide insight into biogenic and biomimetic pathways.
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- Shifi Kababya
- Schulich Faculty of Chemistry and Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology , Haifa 32000, Israel
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Schmidt I, Zolotoyabko E, Werner P, Lee K, Burghammer M, Fratzl P, Wagermaier W. Stress-mediated formation of nanocrystalline calcitic microlens arrays. CrystEngComm 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ce01757b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Gal A, Weiner S, Addadi L. A perspective on underlying crystal growth mechanisms in biomineralization: solution mediated growth versus nanosphere particle accretion. CrystEngComm 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ce01474j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A working hypothesis for the understanding of amorphous-to-crystalline transformations in biogenic skeletal materials formed through transient amorphous precursor phases.
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- Assaf Gal
- Department of Structural Biology
- Weizmann Institute of Science
- Rehovot, Israel 76100
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- Department of Structural Biology
- Weizmann Institute of Science
- Rehovot, Israel 76100
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- Department of Structural Biology
- Weizmann Institute of Science
- Rehovot, Israel 76100
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Xiang L, Kong W, Su J, Liang J, Zhang G, Xie L, Zhang R. Amorphous calcium carbonate precipitation by cellular biomineralization in mantle cell cultures of Pinctada fucata. PLoS One 2014; 9:e113150. [PMID: 25405357 PMCID: PMC4236139 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0113150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2014] [Accepted: 10/22/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The growth of molluscan shell crystals is generally thought to be initiated from the extrapallial fluid by matrix proteins, however, the cellular mechanisms of shell formation pathway remain unknown. Here, we first report amorphous calcium carbonate (ACC) precipitation by cellular biomineralization in primary mantle cell cultures of Pinctada fucata. Through real-time PCR and western blot analyses, we demonstrate that mantle cells retain the ability to synthesize and secrete ACCBP, Pif80 and nacrein in vitro. In addition, the cells also maintained high levels of alkaline phosphatase and carbonic anhydrase activity, enzymes responsible for shell formation. On the basis of polarized light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy, we observed intracellular crystals production by mantle cells in vitro. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction analyses revealed the crystals to be ACC, and de novo biomineralization was confirmed by following the incorporation of Sr into calcium carbonate. Our results demonstrate the ability of mantle cells to perform fundamental biomineralization processes via amorphous calcium carbonate, and these cells may be directly involved in pearl oyster shell formation.
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- Liang Xiang
- Institute of Marine Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
- Laboratory for Reproductive Health, Institute of Biomedicine and Biotechnology, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China
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- Institute of Marine Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Marine Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Marine Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Marine Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Marine Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
- Protein Science Laboratory of the Ministry of Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Marine Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
- Protein Science Laboratory of the Ministry of Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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Schüler T, Renkel J, Hobe S, Susewind M, Jacob DE, Panthöfer M, Hoffmann-Röder A, Paulsen H, Tremel W. Designed peptides for biomineral polymorph recognition: a case study for calcium carbonate. J Mater Chem B 2014; 2:3511-3518. [DOI: 10.1039/c4tb00160e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Peptides possess a unique ability for substrate recognition and sequence-specific self-assembly properties, and thus play a pivotal role in soft materials assembly and the mineralization of inorganic materials in natural systems.
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- Timo Schüler
- Institut für Anorganische Chemie und Analytische Chemie
- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
- D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie und Analytische Chemie
- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
- D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Institut Institut für Allgemeine Botanik
- Johannes Gutenberg Universität
- D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie und Analytische Chemie
- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
- D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Institut für Geowissenschaften
- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
- D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie und Analytische Chemie
- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
- D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Department Chemie
- Ludwig- Maximilians-Universität München
- D-81377 München, Germany
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- Institut Institut für Allgemeine Botanik
- Johannes Gutenberg Universität
- D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie und Analytische Chemie
- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
- D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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Hajir M, Graf R, Tremel W. Stable amorphous calcium oxalate: synthesis and potential intermediate in biomineralization. Chem Commun (Camb) 2014; 50:6534-6. [DOI: 10.1039/c4cc02146k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Amorphous calcium oxalate nanoparticles with sizes of 10–30 nm were synthesized at room temperature by the hydrolysis of a dimethyl oxalate from ethanol solution.
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- Myriam Hajir
- Institut für Anorganische Chemie und Analytische Chemie
- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
- D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Max Planck-Institut für Polymerforschung
- 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie und Analytische Chemie
- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
- D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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Song Y, Yu K, Ayoko GA, Frost RL, Shi Q, Feng Y, Zhao J. Vibrational spectroscopic characterization of growth bands in Porites coral from South China Sea. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2013; 112:95-100. [PMID: 23659956 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2013.04.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2012] [Revised: 04/02/2013] [Accepted: 04/10/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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A series of samples from different growth bands of Porites coral skeleton were studied using Raman, infrared reflectance methods. The Raman spectra proved that skeleton samples from different growth bands have the same mineral phase as aragonite, but a band at 133 cm(-1) for the top layer shows a transition from ~120 cm(-1) for vaterite to ~141 cm(-1) for aragonite. It is inferred that the vaterite should be the precursor of aragonite of coral skeleton. The positional shift in the infrared spectra of the skeleton samples from growth bands correlate significantly to their minor elements (Li, Mg, Sr, Mn, Fe and U) contents. Mg, Sr and U especially have significant negative correlations with the positions of the antisymmetric stretching band ν3 at ~1469 cm(-1). And Li shows a high negative correlation with ν2 band (~855 cm(-1)), while Sr and Mn show similar negative correlation with ν4 band (~712 cm(-1)). And Mn also shows a negative correlation with ν1 band (~1082 cm(-1)). A significantly negative correlation is observed for U with ν1+ν4 band (~1786 cm(-1)). However, Fe shows positive correlation with ν1, ν2, ν3, ν4 and ν1+ν4 bands shifts, especially a significant correlation with ν1 band (~1082 cm(-1)). New insights into the characteristics of coral at different growth bands of skeleton are given in present work.
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- Yinxian Song
- Key Laboratory of Marginal Sea Geology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xingang West Road 164, Guangzhou 510301, Guangdong Province, PR China.
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Fernandez-Martinez A, Kalkan B, Clark SM, Waychunas GA. Pressure-Induced Polyamorphism and Formation of ‘Aragonitic’ Amorphous Calcium Carbonate. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2013; 52:8354-7. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201302974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2013] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Fernandez-Martinez A, Kalkan B, Clark SM, Waychunas GA. Pressure-Induced Polyamorphism and Formation of ‘Aragonitic’ Amorphous Calcium Carbonate. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201302974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Olson IC, Metzler RA, Tamura N, Kunz M, Killian CE, Gilbert PUPA. Crystal lattice tilting in prismatic calcite. J Struct Biol 2013; 183:180-90. [PMID: 23806677 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2013.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2013] [Revised: 05/26/2013] [Accepted: 06/09/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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We analyzed the calcitic prismatic layers in Atrina rigida (Ar), Haliotis iris (Hi), Haliotis laevigata (HL), Haliotis rufescens (Hrf), Mytilus californianus (Mc), Pinctada fucata (Pf), Pinctada margaritifera (Pm) shells, and the aragonitic prismatic layer in the Nautilus pompilius (Np) shell. Dramatic structural differences were observed across species, with 100-μm wide single-crystalline prisms in Hi, HL and Hrf, 1-μm wide needle-shaped calcite prisms in Mc, 1-μm wide spherulitic aragonite prisms in Np, 20-μm wide single-crystalline calcite prisms in Ar, and 20-μm wide polycrystalline calcite prisms in Pf and Pm. The calcite prisms in Pf and Pm are subdivided into sub-prismatic domains of orientations, and within each of these domains the calcite crystal lattice tilts gradually over long distances, on the order of 100 μm, with an angle spread of crystal orientation of 10-20°. Furthermore, prisms in Pf and Pm are harder than in any other calcite prisms analyzed, their nanoparticles are smaller, and the angle spread is strongly correlated with hardness in all shells that form calcitic prismatic layers. One can hypothesize a causal relationship of these correlated parameters: greater angle spread may confer greater hardness and resistance to wear, thus providing Pf and Pm with a structural advantage in their environment. This is the first structure-property relationship thus far hypothesized in mollusk shell prisms.
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- Ian C Olson
- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1150 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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In nature, mollusk shells have a role in protecting the soft body of the mollusk from predators and from the external environment, and the shells consist mainly of calcium carbonate and small amounts of organic matrices. Organic matrices in mollusk shells are thought to play key roles in shell formation. However, enough information has not been accumulated so far. High toughness and stiffness have been focused on as being adaptable to the development of organic–inorganic hybrid materials. Because mollusks can produce elaborate microstructures containing organic matrices under ambient conditions, the investigation of shell formation is expected to lead to the development of new inorganic–organic hybrid materials for various applications. In this review paper, we summarize the structures of mollusk shells and their process of formation, together with the analysis of various organic matrices related to shell calcification.
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- Michio Suzuki
- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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Saharay M, Yazaydin AO, Kirkpatrick RJ. Dehydration-Induced Amorphous Phases of Calcium Carbonate. J Phys Chem B 2013; 117:3328-36. [DOI: 10.1021/jp308353t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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La Greca G, Chisari A, Primo S, Pulvirenti E. A snail shell in the left bronchus. J Emerg Med 2013; 45:88-90. [PMID: 23394952 DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2012.11.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2012] [Revised: 05/03/2012] [Accepted: 11/06/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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- Gaetano La Greca
- Department of Surgical Sciences, Organ Transplantation and Advanced Technologies, University of Catania, Cannizzaro Hospital, Catania, Italy
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Cartwright JHE, Checa AG, Gale JD, Gebauer D, Sainz-Díaz CI. Die Polyamorphie von Calciumcarbonat und ihre Bedeutung für die Biomineralisation: Wie viele amorphe Calciumcarbonat-Phasen gibt es? Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201203125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Cartwright JHE, Checa AG, Gale JD, Gebauer D, Sainz-Díaz CI. Calcium Carbonate Polyamorphism and Its Role in Biomineralization: How Many Amorphous Calcium Carbonates Are There? Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2012; 51:11960-70. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201203125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 281] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2012] [Revised: 06/08/2012] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Addadi L, Vidavsky N, Weiner S. Transient precursor amorphous phases in biomineralization.In the footsteps of Heinz A. Lowenstam. Z KRIST-CRYST MATER 2012. [DOI: 10.1524/zkri.2012.1524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Heinz A. Lowenstam’s discovery in 1967, together with Ken Towe that the magnetite mineral in mature chiton teeth forms from a disordered transient precursor phase, ferrihydrite, remained an isolated curiosity for 30 years. During the last 15 years, many more examples were found in both invertebrates and vertebrates, where the mature crystalline mineral phase is formed through a transient amorphous precursor phase. Here we review this widespread phenomenon, and also describe the details of the transformation process in the formation of the calcitic spicules of the sea urchin larva. We identify many open questions.
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Ma Y, Qiao L, Feng Q. In-vitro study on calcium carbonate crystal growth mediated by organic matrix extracted from fresh water pearls. MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING. C, MATERIALS FOR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS 2012; 32:1963-1970. [DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2012.05.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2011] [Revised: 04/05/2012] [Accepted: 05/22/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Studart AR. Towards high-performance bioinspired composites. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2012; 24:5024-44. [PMID: 22791358 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201201471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 171] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2012] [Revised: 06/01/2012] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Biological composites have evolved elaborate hierarchical structures to achieve outstanding mechanical properties using weak but readily available building blocks. Combining the underlying design principles of such biological materials with the rich chemistry accessible in synthetic systems may enable the creation of artificial composites with unprecedented properties and functionalities. This bioinspired approach requires identification, understanding, and quantification of natural design principles and their replication in synthetic materials, taking into account the intrinsic properties of the stronger artificial building blocks and the boundary conditions of engineering applications. In this progress report, the scientific and technological questions that have to be addressed to achieve this goal are highlighted, and examples of recent research efforts to tackle them are presented. These include the local characterization of the heterogeneous architecture of biological materials, the investigation of structure-function relationships to help unveil natural design principles, and the development of synthetic processing routes that can potentially be used to implement some of these principles in synthetic materials. The importance of replicating the design principles of biological materials rather than their structure per se is highlighted, and possible directions for further progress in this fascinating, interdisciplinary field are discussed.
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- André R Studart
- Complex Materials, Department of Materials, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland.
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Gal A, Hirsch A, Siegel S, Li C, Aichmayer B, Politi Y, Fratzl P, Weiner S, Addadi L. Plant Cystoliths: A Complex Functional Biocomposite of Four Distinct Silica and Amorphous Calcium Carbonate Phases. Chemistry 2012; 18:10262-70. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201201111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2012] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The Ability of Silica to Induce Biomimetic Crystallization of Calcium Carbonate. ADVANCES IN CHEMICAL PHYSICS 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/9781118309513.ch10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/25/2023]
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Demichelis R, Raiteri P, Gale JD, Dovesi R. A new structural model for disorder in vaterite from first-principles calculations. CrystEngComm 2012. [DOI: 10.1039/c1ce05976a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Wolf SE, Lieberwirth I, Natalio F, Bardeau JF, Delorme N, Emmerling F, Barrea R, Kappl M, Marin F. Merging models of biomineralisation with concepts of nonclassical crystallisation: is a liquid amorphous precursor involved in the formation of the prismatic layer of the Mediterranean Fan Mussel Pinna nobilis? Faraday Discuss 2012. [DOI: 10.1039/c2fd20045g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Akiva-Tal A, Kababya S, Balazs YS, Glazer L, Berman A, Sagi A, Schmidt A. In situ molecular NMR picture of bioavailable calcium stabilized as amorphous CaCO₃ biomineral in crayfish gastroliths. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2011; 108:14763-8. [PMID: 21873244 PMCID: PMC3169114 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1102608108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Bioavailable calcium is maintained by some crustaceans, in particular freshwater crayfish, by stabilizing amorphous calcium carbonate (ACC) within reservoir organs--gastroliths, readily providing the Ca(2+) needed to build a new exoskeleton. Despite the key scientific and biomedical importance of the in situ molecular-level picture of biogenic ACC and its stabilization in a bioavailable form, its description has eluded efforts to date. Herein, using multinuclear NMR, we accomplish in situ molecular-level characterization of ACC within intact gastroliths of the crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus. In addition to the known CaCO(3), chitin scaffold and inorganic phosphate (Pi), we identify within the gastrolith two primary metabolites, citrate and phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP) and quantify their abundance by applying solution NMR techniques to the gastrolith "soluble matrix." The long-standing question on the physico-chemical state of ACC stabilizing, P-bearing moieties within the gastrolith is answered directly by the application of solid state rotational-echo double-resonance (REDOR) and transferred-echo double-resonance (TEDOR) NMR to the intact gastroliths: Pi and PEP are found molecularly dispersed throughout the ACC as a solid solution. Citrate carboxylates are found < 5 Å from a phosphate (intermolecular CP distance), an interaction that must be mediated by Ca(2+). The high abundance and extensive interactions of these molecules with the ACC matrix identify them as the central constituents stabilizing the bioavailable form of calcium. This study further emphasizes that it is imperative to characterize the intact biogenic CaCO(3). Solid state NMR spectroscopy is shown to be a robust and accessible means of determining composition, internal structure, and molecular functionality in situ.
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- Anat Akiva-Tal
- Schulich Faculty of Chemistry and Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute, Technion—Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000 Israel
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- Schulich Faculty of Chemistry and Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute, Technion—Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000 Israel
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- Schulich Faculty of Chemistry and Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute, Technion—Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000 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, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel; and
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- The National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel; and
- Department of Biotechnology Engineering and Ilse Katz Institute for NanoScience and Nanotechnology, 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, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel; and
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- Schulich Faculty of Chemistry and Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute, Technion—Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000 Israel
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