In vitro growth of calcium carbonate crystals on bivalve shells: Application of two methods of synthesis

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• 作者：Michael Zuykov^a ; ^{m.zuykov@mail.ru} ; Emilien Pelletier^a ; Julia Anderson^a ; Tom F. Cotterell^b ; Claude Belzile^a ; Serge Demers^a
• 关键词：Calcium carbonate ; Crystal morphology ; Mollusk shell ; Biological macromolecules ; Nacre
• 刊名：Materials Science and Engineering ; C
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：63_09284931
• 类别：ms
• 出版时间：1 July, 2012
• 卷：32
• 期：5
• 页码：1158-1163
• 文件大小：1823 K

摘要

The classic ammonium carbonate vapor diffusion method (VDM) and the coprecipitation method (CM) in its modified form were applied for in vitro growth of calcium carbonate crystals on glass substrate and on calcitic and aragonitic shell layers of blue mussel Mytilus edulis (L.) and Iceland scallop Chlamys islandica (M.). The experiments were carried out using large volumes of growth medium (250 ml and 1000 ml). Crystallization using the VDM is relatively slow, but faster with the CM. The formation of calcium carbonate polymorphs is strongly influenced by the mineralogical phase in the uppermost layer of the shell substrate bathed in the experimental solution, even if magnesium ions are added to solution with the CM. The morphology of calcium carbonate crystals clearly differs between methods, and is influenced by the type of substrate. The effect of biomacromolecules released from the shell substrate on morphology and organization of calcium carbonate crystals is clearly observed with both methods of crystallization.