Choosing the Crystallization Path Less Traveled
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- 12 August 2005
- journal article
- perspective
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 309 (5737) , 1027-1028
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1114920
Abstract
Many organisms use a most unexpected strategy for forming large single crystals such as those that make up mineralized skeletal parts. Although nucleation and growth of a crystal occur from a solid disordered phase that has the characteristics of a melt phase, the process is accomplished at ambient temperatures and pressures. This strategy allows organisms to mold the crystals into unusual shapes and orient them at will.Keywords
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