Effects of additives and templates on calcium carbonate mineralization in vitro

Dongni Ren; Qingling Feng; Xavier Bourrat

doi:10.1016/j.micron.2010.09.005

Effects of additives and templates on calcium carbonate mineralization in vitro

Micron. 2011 Apr;42(3):228-45. doi: 10.1016/j.micron.2010.09.005. Epub 2010 Sep 17.

Authors

Dongni Ren¹, Qingling Feng, Xavier Bourrat

Affiliation

¹ Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China.

PMID: 20951597
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2010.09.005

Abstract

The review focuses on the effects of several important additives and templates controlling the calcium carbonate crystals formation and the complexity of the crystal morphologies in vitro. Additives include soluble matrices extracted from shells and pearls, amino-acids, magnesium ions and collagen among others. Templates include modified single crystal silicon, natural biominerals among others. Mechanisms proposed to explain the phenomena are not systematic, further studies are necessary to explain how organic matrices mediate calcium carbonate mineralization.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Calcium Carbonate / chemistry*
Crystallization

Substances

Calcium Carbonate