Highly oriented aragonite nanocrystal-biopolymer composites in an aragonite brick of the nacreous layer of Pinctada fucata

Kazuyuki Takahashi; Hitoshi Yamamoto; Akira Onoda; Mototsugu Doi; Takashi Inaba; Masahiko Chiba; Atsuko Kobayashi; Takahisa Taguchi; Taka-aki Okamura; Norikazu Ueyama

doi:10.1039/b315478e

Highly oriented aragonite nanocrystal-biopolymer composites in an aragonite brick of the nacreous layer of Pinctada fucata

Chem Commun (Camb). 2004 Apr 21:(8):996-7. doi: 10.1039/b315478e. Epub 2004 Mar 18.

Authors

Kazuyuki Takahashi¹, Hitoshi Yamamoto, Akira Onoda, Mototsugu Doi, Takashi Inaba, Masahiko Chiba, Atsuko Kobayashi, Takahisa Taguchi, Taka-aki Okamura, Norikazu Ueyama

Affiliation

¹ Department of Macromolecular Science, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Osaka 560-0043, Japan.

PMID: 15069512
DOI: 10.1039/b315478e

Abstract

13C CP/MAS NMR and FE/TEM measurements of the aragonite brick of the nacreous layer of Pinctada fucata indicate that it assembles with highly oriented aragonite nanocrystals, which are regulated by biopolymers.