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Development of accurate force fields for the simulation of biomineralization / Paolo Raiteri, Raffaella Demichelis, and Julian D. Gale -- The integration of ion potentiometric measurements with chemical, structural, and morphological analysis to follow mineralization reactions in solution / Wouter J.E.M. Habraken -- Investigating the early stages of mineral precipitation by potentiometric titration and analytical ultracentrifugation / Matthias Kellermeier, Helmut Cölfen, and Dennis Gebauer -- Replica exchange methods in biomineral simulations / Adam F. Wallace -- SAXS in inorganic and bioinspired research / Tomasz M. Stawski and Liane G. Benning -- In situ solution study of calcium phosphate crystallization kinetics / Haihua Pan, Shuqin Jiang, Tianlan Zhang, and Ruikang Tang -- Design, fabrication, and applications of in situ fluid cell TEM / Dongsheng Li, Michael H. Nielsen, and James J. De Yoreo -- X-ray absorption spectroscopy and the structural investigation of self-assembled-monolayer-directed mineralization / Jonathan R.I. Lee, Michael Bagge-Hansen, Trevor M. Willey, Robert W. Meulenberg, Michael H. Nielsen, Ich C. Tran, and Tony van Buuren -- Cryo-TEM analysis of collagen fibrillar structure / Bryan D. Quan and Eli D. Sone -- Preparation of organothiol self-assembled monolayers for use in templated crystallization / Michael H. Nielsen and Jonathan R.I. Lee -- Experimental techniques for the growth and characterization of silica biomorphs and silica gardens / Matthias Kellermeier, Fabian Glaab, Emilio Melero-García, and Juan Manuel García-Ruiz -- Precipitation in liposomes as a model for intracellular biomineralization / Chantel C. Tester and Derk Joester -- Polymer-mediated growth of crystals and mesocrystals / Helmut Cölfen -- Phage display for the discovery of hydroxyapatite-associated peptides / Hyo-Eon Jin, Woo-Jae Chung, and Seung-Wuk Lee -- Quantitatively and kinetically identifying binding motifs of amelogenin proteins to mineral crystals through biochemical and spectroscopic assays / Li Zhu, Peter Hwang, H. Ewa Witkowska, Haichuan Liu, and Wu Li -- Using the RosettaSurface algorithm to predict protein structure at mineral surfaces / Michael S. Pacella, Da Chen Emily Koo, Robin A. Thottungal, and Jeffrey J. Gray -- Investigating protein function in biomineralized tissues using molecular biology techniques / Christopher E. Killian and Fred H. Wilt -- Imaging the nanostructure of bone and dentin through small- and wide-angle X-ray scattering / Silvia Pabisch, Wolfgang Wagermeier, Thomas Zander, Chenghao Li, and Peter Fratzl -- Synchrotron X-ray nanomechanical imaging of mineralized fiber composites / Angelo Karunaratne, Nicholas J. Terrill, and Himadri S. Gupta -- Application of total X-ray scattering methods and pair distribution function analysis for study of structure of biominerals / Richard J. Reeder and F. Marc Michel -- X-ray microdiffraction of biominerals / Nobumichi Tamura and Pupa U.P.A. Gilbert -- FTIR and Raman studies of structure and bonding in mineral and organic-mineral composites / Jinhui Tao -- A mixed flow reactor method to synthesize amorphous calcium carbonate under controlled chemical conditions / Christina R. Blue, J. Donald Rimstidt, and Patricia M. Dove. |