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Calcitic microlenses as part of the photoreceptor system in brittlestarsJ Aizenberg
Bell Laboratories Lucent Technologies, Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974, USA
Nature 412:819-22. 2001..These structures represent an example of a multifunctional biomaterial that fulfills both mechanical and optical functions...
Coexistence of amorphous and crystalline calcium carbonate in skeletal tissuesJ Aizenberg
Bell Laboratories Lucent Technologies, Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974 2008, USA
Connect Tissue Res 44:20-5. 2003..We compare and contrast the macromolecules associated with different amorphous and crystalline phases and their ability to induce the formation of stabilized ACC in vitro...
Biological glass fibers: correlation between optical and structural propertiesJoanna Aizenberg
Bell Laboratories Lucent Technologies, Murray Hill, NJ 07974, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 101:3358-63. 2004....
Skeleton of Euplectella sp.: structural hierarchy from the nanoscale to the macroscaleJoanna Aizenberg
Bell Laboratories Lucent Technologies, Murray Hill, NJ 07974, USA
Science 309:275-8. 2005..The mechanical benefits of each of seven identified hierarchical levels and their comparison with common mechanical engineering strategies are discussed...
Reversible switching of hydrogel-actuated nanostructures into complex micropatternsAlexander Sidorenko
Bell Laboratories Alcatel Lucent, Murray Hill, NJ 07974, USA
Science 315:487-90. 2007..Dynamic control over the movement and orientation of surface nanofeatures at the micron and submicron scales may have exciting applications in actuators, microfluidics, or responsive materials...
Factors involved in the formation of amorphous and crystalline calcium carbonate: a study of an ascidian skeletonJoanna Aizenberg
Bell Laboratories/Lucent Technologies, 600 Mountain Avenue, Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974, USA
J Am Chem Soc 124:32-9. 2002..We suggest that specialized macromolecules and magnesium ions may cooperate in the stabilization of intrinsically unstable amorphous calcium carbonate and in the formation of complex ACC/calcite tissues in vivo...
Direct fabrication of large micropatterned single crystalsJoanna Aizenberg
Bell Laboratories/Lucent Technologies, Murray Hill, NJ 07974, USA
Science 299:1205-8. 2003..The proposed mechanisms may have direct biological relevance and broad implications in materials synthesis...
Hierarchical assembly of the siliceous skeletal lattice of the hexactinellid sponge Euplectella aspergillumJames C Weaver
Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Institute for Collaborative Biotechnologies, and the Materials Research Laboratory, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
J Struct Biol 158:93-106. 2007..A secondarily deposited laminated silica matrix that cements the structure together additionally reinforces the resulting skeletal mass. The mechanical consequences of each of these various levels of structural complexity are discussed...
Effect of magnesium ions on oriented growth of calcite on carboxylic acid functionalized self-assembled monolayerYong-Jin Han
Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, 600 Mountain Avenue, Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974, USA
J Am Chem Soc 125:4032-3. 2003..Highly homogeneous arrays of oriented crystals with characteristic sizes, shapes, and morphology, depending on the relative concentration of Mg and Ca ions, were synthesized...
