3D calcite heterostructures for dynamic and deformable mineralized matrices

Minerals are rarely explored as building blocks for dynamic inorganic materials. Here, the authors derive inspiration from fish scales to create mutable surfaces based on arrays of calcite crystals, in which one end of each crystal is immobilized in and regenerated from silicone, and the other funct...

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Main Authors: Jaeseok Yi, Yucai Wang, Yuanwen Jiang, Il Woong Jung, Wenjun Liu, Vincent De Andrade, Ruqing Xu, Ramya Parameswaran, Ivo R. Peters, Ralu Divan, Xianghui Xiao, Tao Sun, Youjin Lee, Won Il Park, Bozhi Tian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00560-1