title: Growth of micro-ikebana on a floating substrate: a method to monitor local supersaturation levels.
abstract: Small changes make a big difference: we demonstrate how slight changes in the supersaturation have a huge impact on the formed crystal morphology and present a convenient method to monitor the level of local supersaturation on a flat substrate. Further we provide a non-additive based explanation for natural biomineralization processes.
authors: Department of Bio- and Material Photonics, Chitose Institute of Science and Technology, Bibi 65-758, Chitose 066-8655, Japan. fischer@photon.chitose.ac.jp.
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authors: V
authors: Fischer
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authors: O
authors: Karthaus
mesh_terms: D040761:Biomimetic Materials / Q000737:chemistry*; D002254:Carbonates / Q000737:chemistry; D003460:Crystallization; D012822:Silicon Dioxide / Q000737:chemistry; D013324:Strontium / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D002254:Carbonates; C054286:strontium carbonate; D012822:Silicon Dioxide; D013324:Strontium