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

Kazuyuki Takahashi, H. Yamamoto, Akira Onoda, Mototsugu Doi, Takashi Inaba, Masahiko Chiba, Atsuko Kobayashi, Takahisa Taguchi, Taka‐aki Okamura, Norikazu Ueyama

Chemical Communications · 2004 · 92 citations · 7 references

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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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