On Simulating the Formation of Structured, Crystalline Systems via Non-classical Pathways
Abstract
Observations in crystal growth and assembly from recent in situ methods suggest alternative, non-classical crystallization pathways play an important role in the determination of the micro- and meso- structures in crystalline systems. These processes display parallels that cross-cut multiple disciplines investigating crystallization across four orders of magnitude in size scales and widely differing environments, hinting that alternative crystal growth pathways may be a fundamental scheme in natural crystal formation. Using a system of short-range attractive microbeads, we demonstrate that the addition of a small concentration of sub-species incommensurate with the lattice spacing of the dominant species results in a stark change in crystal size and morphology. These changes are attributed to the presence of fleeting, amorphous-like configurations of beads that ultimately change the melting and growth dynamics in preferred directions. From these real-time observations, we hypothesize the amorphous mineral precursors present in biological mineralized tissues undergo similar non-classical crystallization processes resulting in the complex structures found in biomineralization.
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- BitWrex, LLC, Morton, IL (United States)
- Univ. of California, San Francisco, CA (United States). Dept. of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences; Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Molecular Foundry
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation (NSF)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1635187
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-05CH11231; 1507607; 0654193
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Frontiers in Materials
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 7; Journal ID: ISSN 2296-8016
- Publisher:
- Frontiers Research Foundation
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; non-classical crystallization pathways; biological mineralization; multiscale interactions; bead-bead interactions; amorphous precursors; colloidal crystallization
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Mergo III, John C., and Seto, Jong. On Simulating the Formation of Structured, Crystalline Systems via Non-classical Pathways. United States: N. p., 2020.
Web. doi:10.3389/fmats.2020.00075.
Mergo III, John C., & Seto, Jong. On Simulating the Formation of Structured, Crystalline Systems via Non-classical Pathways. United States. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmats.2020.00075
Mergo III, John C., and Seto, Jong. Wed .
"On Simulating the Formation of Structured, Crystalline Systems via Non-classical Pathways". United States. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmats.2020.00075. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1635187.
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title = {On Simulating the Formation of Structured, Crystalline Systems via Non-classical Pathways},
author = {Mergo III, John C. and Seto, Jong},
abstractNote = {Observations in crystal growth and assembly from recent in situ methods suggest alternative, non-classical crystallization pathways play an important role in the determination of the micro- and meso- structures in crystalline systems. These processes display parallels that cross-cut multiple disciplines investigating crystallization across four orders of magnitude in size scales and widely differing environments, hinting that alternative crystal growth pathways may be a fundamental scheme in natural crystal formation. Using a system of short-range attractive microbeads, we demonstrate that the addition of a small concentration of sub-species incommensurate with the lattice spacing of the dominant species results in a stark change in crystal size and morphology. These changes are attributed to the presence of fleeting, amorphous-like configurations of beads that ultimately change the melting and growth dynamics in preferred directions. From these real-time observations, we hypothesize the amorphous mineral precursors present in biological mineralized tissues undergo similar non-classical crystallization processes resulting in the complex structures found in biomineralization.},
doi = {10.3389/fmats.2020.00075},
journal = {Frontiers in Materials},
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volume = 7,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Apr 08 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
month = {Wed Apr 08 00:00:00 EDT 2020}
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FIGURE 1: Biological crystallization of diverse mineralized tissues ranging from sea urchin spines to bones and teeth demonstrate a non-classical crystallization pathway. From calcium carbonate (CaCO3) to hydroxyapatite (Ca10(PO4)6(OH)), these divergent mineralization systems have been found to contain intermediates mineral phases not explained by classical crystallization theories. Adapted from Coelfenmore »
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