Highly oriented aragonite nanocrystal-biopolymer composites in an aragonite brick of the nacreous layer of Pinctada fucata.
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.
Takahashi
Kazuyuki
K
Department of Macromolecular Science, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Osaka 560-0043, Japan.
Yamamoto
Hitoshi
H
Onoda
Akira
A
Doi
Mototsugu
M
Inaba
Takashi
T
Chiba
Masahiko
M
Kobayashi
Atsuko
A
Taguchi
Takahisa
T
Okamura
Taka-aki
TA
Ueyama
Norikazu
N