Biomineralization (BM) and Materials Creation

Lecturer(s)

Dr. Karl-Heinz Ernst

Hour(s) of lecture(s), exercise(s) and credit points

2L
1E
3CP

Teaching goals

Summary and outline

Definition and general concepts / biological induction and control / morphological and structural control / types of biominerals and their function / compartmentalization / BM within vesicles / crystal nucleation and growth / physical chemistry of BM / the crystal-biomolecule interface / experimental methods for studying phenomena at the organic-inorganic interface / inter-, intra, extra- and epicellular BM / biochemistry of BM / evolutionary history / transfer of aspects of into modern materials development.

Literature

1) S. Mann, Biomineralization, Oxford University Press, 2001, Oxford, New York
2) H. Lowenstam, S. Weiner, On Biomineralization, Oxford University Press, 1989, Oxford
3) P. M. Dove, J. J. DeYoreo, S. Weiner (Eds.) Biomineralization, Reviews in Mineralogoy & Geochemistry Vol. 54, 2003