Laboratory of Materials and Interface Chemistry and Soft-matter cryoTEM Research Unit, Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
Chem Soc Rev. 2010 Feb;39(2):397-409. doi: 10.1039/b811842f. Epub 2009 Oct 19.
The often astonishing material properties of crystalline biominerals are generally related to the hierarchical assembly of specifically interacting organic and inorganic components. To synthesize new materials with similar advanced properties applying nature's biomimeralization strategies we need to unravel the mechanisms of biologically and biomimetically controlled mineral formation. Since the literature is extensive this tutorial review is focussed on CaCO(3), the most abundant biomineral. We will first review the different approaches to biomimetic mineralization and describe the most recent advancements in the field. Subsequently the importance of in situ and time-resolved experiments, with their possibilities and limitations, is discussed with selected references.
结晶生物矿物常常具有惊人的材料特性，这通常与特定相互作用的有机和无机成分的分级组装有关。为了应用自然界的仿生矿化策略合成具有类似先进性能的新材料，我们需要揭示生物和仿生控制的矿物形成的机制。由于文献广泛，本教程综述重点关注最丰富的生物矿物 CaCO(3)。我们将首先回顾仿生矿化的不同方法，并描述该领域的最新进展。随后，将结合选定的参考文献讨论原位和时间分辨实验的重要性及其可能性和局限性。
