Feature Papers in Biomineralization and Biominerals
A special issue of Minerals (ISSN 2075-163X). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomineralization and Biominerals".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2023) | Viewed by 19348
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biomineralization; mollusc shells; coral skeletons; bone and teeth; mineralogy; organic matrices; SEM; AFM; chromatography; electrophoresis; Infrared and Raman spectroscopy; XANES; electron microprobe; fossilization and diagenesis
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Interests: biogenic minerals; organic-inorganic hybrid materials; protein-crystal interactions; (cryo)electron microscopy; soft matter
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Interests: coral and shell growth-modes at the micrometer and infra-micrometer levels; microstructure and fossilization: fossils as environmental archives; microstructural development of the pearl layers: from early post-grafting stages to nacre biomineralization
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Biomineralization is the process leading to the formation of biominerals by organisms. Thus, the structure and composition of such biominerals are dependant upon the producing organisms. This Special Issue will contain invitation-only original research and review articles from prominent researchers in the field, covering a range of topics from the structure to the composition of mineral and organic components of plants, fungi, algae, vertebrates and invertebrates. Methods for characterizing biominerals at the macro, micro, nano and atomic levels are included. Contributions from researchers working on fundamental research and/or applications in biology, medicine, inspired biomaterials, evolution, diagenesis, (palaeo)environmental reconstructions, (palaeo)biodiversity, etc., based on modern and ancient (fossil) biominerals, are welcome.
Dr. Yannicke Dauphin
Dr. Fabio Nudelman
Dr. Jean-Pierre Cuif
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- shells
- tests
- bone
- teeth
- micro–nanostructure
- phase transformation
- mineralogy
- crystallography
- composition
- organic components
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