Highly oriented aragonite nanocrystal–biopolymer composites in an aragonite brick of the nacreous layer of Pinctada fucata

Kazuyuki Takahashi; Hitoshi Yamamoto; Akira Onoda; Mototsugu Doi; Takashi Inaba; Masahiko Chiba; Atsuko Kobayashi; Takahisa Taguchi; Taka-aki Okamura; Norikazu Ueyama

doi:10.1039/B315478E

Highly oriented aragonitenanocrystal–biopolymer composites in an aragonite brick of the nacreous layer of Pinctada fucata

Kazuyuki Takahashi,^a Hitoshi Yamamoto,^a Akira Onoda,^a Mototsugu Doi,^a Takashi Inaba,^b Masahiko Chiba,^b Atsuko Kobayashi,^c Takahisa Taguchi,^c Taka-aki Okamura^a and Norikazu Ueyama*^a

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^a Department of Macromolecular Science, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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^c Special Section of Human Life Technology, National Institute of AIST Kansai, Osaka 563-8577, Japan

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¹³C CP/MAS NMR and FE/TEM measurements of the aragonite brick of the nacreous layer of Pinctada fucata indicate that it assembles with highly oriented aragonite nanocrystals, which are regulated by biopolymers.

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Highly oriented aragonitenanocrystal–biopolymer composites in an aragonite brick of the nacreous layer of Pinctada fucata

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