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STEM Characterization of Nano-Crystallites in the Nacre Biomineralization of Mollusk Shells (Pinna nobilis)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 August 2014

Robert Hovden
Affiliation:
School of Applied & Engineering Physics and Kavli Institute at Cornell University, Ithaca NY
Stephan E. Wolf
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca NY Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Institute of Glass and Ceramics, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
Megan E. Holtz
Affiliation:
School of Applied & Engineering Physics and Kavli Institute at Cornell University, Ithaca NY
David A. Muller
Affiliation:
School of Applied & Engineering Physics and Kavli Institute at Cornell University, Ithaca NY
Lara A. Estroff
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca NY

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