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Biomineralization: from the understanding of natural architectures to bio-inspired nanomaterials

Authors: Émilie POUGET, Érik DUJARDIN, Franck ARTZNER

Publication date: October 10, 2009

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3. Silica

3.1 Morphological control of diatoms

One of the keys to the formation of biological organisms is the hierarchical organization of their structure. In the case of silica organisms, this is well illustrated by diatoms. The exoskeletons of diatoms often feature a superposition of hexagonal structures of different orders of magnitude ...

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