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Comment
. 1999 Dec 7;96(25):14183-5.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.96.25.14183.

Biomimetics: materials fabrication through biology

M Sarikaya
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Biomimetics: materials fabrication through biology

M Sarikaya. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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(A) This intricately architectured mouse incisor tooth has enamel rods. (B) Layered composite structure of nacre (mother-of-pearl) from Nautilus pompelius shell. (C) Magnetite particles in Aquaspirillum magnetotacticum. (D) Siliceous skeletal structures in diatomaceous earth. Images in A and D were recorded by scanning electron microscopy, and B and C were recorded by transmission electron microscopy.
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