Biomineralization of CaCO3: A Biomimetic Approach Using In Vitro Model Systems

Our focus is to understand the role of chemistry in understanding the process of biomineralizationBiomineralization and eventually helping us strategize the bio-inspired synthesis of biomineralsBiominerals. In our pursuit to comprehend the various aspects of calcium carbonateCalcium carbonate biomineralizationBiomineralization, we first need to know the composition, followed by the role of each constituent in contributing to the extraordinary propertiesProperties of these biogenic materialsMaterials. This is followed by understanding the crystallographyCrystallography of the compoundsCompound, which is of utmost importance in predicting their propertiesProperties and eventually helps us distribute them into groupsGroup based on standard features. Ultimately, we will try to understand the entire process of calcium carbonateCalcium carbonate biomineralizationBiomineralization; starting from the origin to the generation of completely matured crystalsCrystal and also addressing the various exceptions that we can come across by regulating definite parametersParameter. It is worth mentioning that the polymorphismPolymorphism exhibited by calcium carbonateCalcium carbonate makes it highly exceptional; therefore, by applying our knowledge and ideas attained from the in-depth analysis of the biological systemsSystems, we can easily tune among the different phasesPhase to exhibit fascinating morphologiesMorphology and to fabricate bio-inspired compositesComposite with excellent mechanical strengthMechanical strength and endurance.