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Article | Open Access

Inter-prismatic matrix structure characterization of mollusk shell and its effect on crystal formation

Dapeng Yang1,2( ), Peng Huang1, Bifeng Pan3, Mo Yang1( )
Department of Bio-Nano-Science and Engineering, National Key Laboratory of Nano/Micro Fabrication Technology, Key Laboratory for Thin Film and Microfabrication of Ministry of Education, Institute of Micro-Nano Science and Technology, Shanghai JiaoTong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
Department of Health Technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
Departments of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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Abstract

Mollusk biomineralization is an elaborate process in which cells, organic macromolecules, and calcium carbonate crystals are actively involved. Macromolecules (mainly are proteins and polysaccharide) act as a key role in regulating and limiting the size, orientation, polymorph and texture of inorganic phase. In this work, we focused on the inter-prismatic matrix of mollusk shell combining scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) analytical techniques with CaCO3 recrystallization experiment to characterize its structure and effects on crystal formation. Our results show that the inter-prismatic matrix is not a sort of pure polymer, calcite nano-crystals are also located inside the inter-prismatic matrix. Interestingly, it seems that these nanocrystals have a preferred orientation, which means the inter-prismatic matrix do impose effect on the crystal formation. In vitro re-crystallization experiment using partially dissolved prismatic fragment as template indicates that the (104) faces of CaCO3 micro-crystals are closely associated with the walls of inter-prismatic matrix. Furthermore, a possible growth mechanism of mollusk shell prismatic layer was proposed.

Keywords

DissolutionBiomineralizationMollusk shellInter-prismatic matrixCalcite

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Nano Biomedicine and Engineering
Volume 2 Issue 4,
December 2010
Pages 218-224
DOI: 10.5101/nbe.v2i4.p218-224
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Yang D, Huang P, Pan B, et al. Inter-prismatic matrix structure characterization of mollusk shell and its effect on crystal formation. Nano Biomedicine and Engineering, 2010, 2(4): 218-224. https://doi.org/10.5101/nbe.v2i4.p218-224

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Received: 10 November 2010
Accepted: 06 December 2010
Published: 16 December 2010
© 2010 D. Yang, et al.

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