Output details
15 - General Engineering
University of Exeter
Article title
An artificial biomineral formed by incorporation of copolymer micelles in calcite crystals
Type
D - Journal article
DOI
Title of journal
Nature Materials
Article number
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Volume number
10
Issue number
11
First page of article
890
ISSN of journal
1476-4660
Year of publication
2011
URL
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Number of additional authors
11
Additional information
This paper showed for the very first time how it is possible to incorporate very small block co-polymer structures (on the same scale as proteins) into calcium carbonate single crystals, mimicking shell structures seen in nature. Hardness of the crystals was observed to increase by 16%. Such increases are very unusual and only previously seen in natural systems. This opens up the potential for hard coatings and novel ceramic based composites. The work has led to further funding and has been influential to a number of other groups (Contact: Lara Estroff, Cornell University; lae37@cornell.edu)
Interdisciplinary
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Cross-referral requested
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Research group
2 - The Functional Materials Group
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
-
Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
No
English abstract
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