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US 8,541,031 B2Granted
Deposition of nanocrystalline calcite on surfaces by a tissue and cellular biomineralization
OwnerAndrew S. Mount, Neeraj V. Gohad +3inventors
InventorsAndrew S. Mount, Neeraj V. Gohad, Douglas C. Hansen, Karolyn Mueller, Mary Beth Johnstone
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Abstract
Disclosed are articles comprising layered nanocrystalline calcite and methods for forming nanocrystalline calcite layers and compositions comprising nanocrystalline calcite layers.
Claims21
A process of depositing nanocrystalline calcite on a solid surface, comprising
- contacting the solid surface with an isolated mollusk cell, the isolated mollusk cell having been withdrawn and removed from the body of a mollusk and located on the solid surface;
- and
- culturing the isolated mollusk cell on the solid surface, the isolated mollusk cell depositing nanocrystalline calcite on the solid surface as the isolated mollusk cell is cultured on the solid surface.
A process of depositing nanocrystalline calcite on a solid surface, comprising:
- contacting a mollusk mantle with the solid surface, the solid surface comprising a metal;
- and
- culturing the mollusk mantel on the solid surface, the mollusk mantle depositing nanocrystalline calcite on the solid surface as the mollusk mantle is cultured.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.