Despite its importance in many industrial, geological and biological processes, the
mechanism of crystallization from supersaturated solutions remains a matter of debate …

The strategy of utilizing mechanochemical synthesis to obtain metal− organic frameworks
(MOFs) with high surface areas is demonstrated for two model systems. The compounds …

Although gold nanoparticles (GNP) are among the most intensely studied nanoscale
materials, the actual mechanisms of GNP formation often remain unclear due to limited …

The continuously forming fin bony rays of zebrafish represent a simple bone model system
in which mineralization is temporally and spatially resolved. The mineralized collagen fibrils …

Gold nanoparticles (AuNP) were prepared by the homogeneous mixing of continuous flows
of an aqueous tetrachloroauric acid solution and a sodium borohydride solution applying a …

We have applied in situ monitoring of mechanochemical reactions by high-energy
synchrotron powder X-ray diffraction to study the role of liquid additives on the …

An in situ study of the contact-free crystallization of calcium carbonate in acoustic levitated
droplets is reported. The levitated droplet technique allows an in situ monitoring of the …

Load bearing biological materials such as bone or arthropod cuticle have optimized
mechanical properties which are due to their hierarchical structure ranging from the …

This article reviews some recent applications of high brilliance small-angle X-ray scattering
(SAXS) to soft matter and closely related systems in biology. Owing to the burgeoning …

Magnetotactic bacteria align along the Earth's magnetic field using an organelle called the
magnetosome, a biomineralized magnetite (Fe (ii) Fe (iii) 2O4) or greigite (Fe (ii) Fe (iii) 2S4) …