Kazuki Murai, Masahiro Higuchi, Takatoshi Kinoshita, Kenji Nagata and Katsuya Kato
Chem. Commun., 2013,49, 9947-9949
DOI:
10.1039/C3CC44947E,
Communication
We designed a novel multifunctional β-sheet peptide template for calcium carbonate mineralization. The template self-supplies the mineral source, a carbonate ion, by hydrolysis of urea, and regulates the crystal phase and morphology of the obtained calcium carbonate.