Biomimetic mineral self-organization from silica-rich spring waters

Garcia-Ruiz, JM; Nakouzi, E; Kotopoulou, E; Tamborrino, L; Steinbock, O

Garcia-Ruiz, JM (reprint author), Univ Granada, Lab Estudios Cristalog, Inst Andaluz Ciencias Tierra, Consejo Super Invest Cient, Ave Palmeras 4, Granada 18100, Spain.

SCIENCE ADVANCES, 2017; 3 (3):

Abstract

Purely inorganic reactions of silica, metal carbonates, and metal hydroxides can produce self-organized complex structures that mimic the texture of b......

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