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Allocation of CaC03 Polymorphs in Biological Systems: A Confocal Raman-AFM Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2009

U. Schmidt*
Affiliation:
WITec GmbH, Lise-Meitner-Strasse 6, 89081 Ulm, Germany
S. Hild
Affiliation:
Institute of Polymer Science, Johannes Keppler University, Altenbergstr.69, A-4020 Linz, Germany
A. Ziegler
Affiliation:
Central Facility for Electron Microscopy, University of Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081 Ulm, Germany

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Biological composites have attracted increasing interest because of their outstanding properties and versatility. Crustaceans are interesting models for the study of these materials. They have a mineralized exoskeleton (cuticle) that provides support and protection. The structural organization of the cuticle is ubiquitous in arthropods: a hierarchically structured organic matrix composed of planes of parallel chitin-protein fibers that are stacked in a twisted plywood organization [1] associated with various amounts of minerals. The land-dwelling crustacean Porcellioscaber (P. scaber) is a well-established model organism for the study of the bio-mineralization processes [2, 3].

Type
Biological Applications
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Copyright © Microscopy Society of America 2009