DOI: 10.1016/J.ELSPEC.2012.06.001
关键词: Nanotechnology 、 Mesocrystal 、 Linear dichroism 、 Carbonate 、 Nanocrystal 、 Nucleation 、 Crystal 、 Physicist 、 Dichroism 、 Materials science
摘要: Abstract Carbonate biominerals are one of the most interesting systems a physicist can study. They play major role in CO2 cycle, they master templation, self-assembly, nanofabrication, phase transitions, space filling, crystal nucleation and growth mechanisms. A new imaging modality was introduced last 5 years that enables direct observation orientation carbonate single crystals, at nano- micro-scale. This is Polarization-dependent Imaging Contrast (PIC) mapping, which based on X-ray linear dichroism, uses PhotoElectron Emission spectroMicroscopy (PEEM). Here we present PIC-mapping results from biominerals, including nacre prismatic layers mollusk shells, sea urchin teeth. We describe various approaches, show these lead to fundamental discoveries formation mechanisms biominerals.