Issue 85, 2013
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Chemical Communications

Calcium carbonate biomineralization utilizing a multifunctional β-sheet peptide template†

Kazuki Murai,a   Masahiro Higuchi,*a   Takatoshi Kinoshita,b   Kenji Nagataa  and  Katsuya Kato*c  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
E-mail: higuchi.masahiro@nitech.ac.jp
Fax: +81-52-735-7156
Tel: +81-52-735-7156

b Frontier Materials, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

c Bio-Integrates Processing Group, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 2266-98, Anagahora, Shimosidami, Moriyama-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 463-8510, Japan
E-mail: katsuya-kato@aist.go.jp
Fax: +81-52-736-7405
Tel: +81-52-736-7551

Abstract

We designed a novel multifunctional β-sheet peptide template for calcium carbonate mineralization. The template self-supplies the mineral source, a carbonate ion, by hydrolysis of urea, and regulates the crystal phase and morphology of the obtained calcium carbonate.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CC44947E
Article type
Communication
Submitted
02 Jul 2013
Accepted
27 Aug 2013
First published
16 Sep 2013

Chem. Commun., 2013,49, 9947-9949

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Calcium carbonate biomineralization utilizing a multifunctional β-sheet peptide template

K. Murai, M. Higuchi, T. Kinoshita, K. Nagata and K. Kato, Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 9947 DOI: 10.1039/C3CC44947E

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