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13 - Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Metallurgy and Materials

University of Sheffield : B - Materials Science and Engineering

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Output 96 of 128 in the submission

Article title

Structural Control of Crystal Nuclei by an Eggshell Protein

Type

D - Journal article

DOI

10.1002/anie.201000679

Title of journal

Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Article number

Volume number

Issue number

First page of article

5135

ISSN of journal

15213773

Year of publication

2010

URL

Number of additional authors

Additional information

This reports the first atomic-scale simulations of mineral crystallization under protein control – the most advanced biomineralisation simulations yet reported. We showed that the chicken eggshell protein ovocleidin-17 can facilitate the transition from an amorphous particle to calcite crystal, and then desorb, acting as an eggshell catalyst. This publication provides atomic level understanding of materials synthesis in biological environments and with molecular additives. It was a major news story within the worldwide media including CNN (http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/07/14/england.chicken.egg.riddle/index.html?iref=allsearch), ABC, BBC and Sky and was instrumental in winning an EPSRC programme grant (EP/I001514/1) for £5.3M.

Interdisciplinary

Cross-referral requested

Research group

None

Proposed double-weighted

Double-weighted statement

Reserve for a double-weighted output

Non-English

English abstract