title: Templating effect of silk fibers in the oriented deposition of aragonite.
abstract: Controlled deposition of calcium carbonate crystals can be obtained on degummed Bombyx mori silk fibers through the use of a silk fibroin solution; aragonite crystallites are found on the surface of the fiber with consistent orientation along the longitudinal axis; the results indicate that the combination of the ordered surface structure on the silk fiber and the directing-effect of silk fibroin solution are the key factors in the orientative deposition process of the mineral.
authors.affiliation: Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Cheng
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Yuhong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Zhengzhong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Shao
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D012831:Bombyx; D002119:Calcium Carbonate / Q000737:chemistry*; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D010316:Particle Size; D047011:Silk / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013499:Surface Properties; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D047011:Silk; D002119:Calcium Carbonate