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