Gone fishing: Unidirectionally oriented CaCO3 crystalline films have been prepared on chitin matrices in the presence of calcification-associated peptide (CAP-1), which was isolated from the exoskeleton of the red swamp crayfish. The interactions of CAP-1 with the matrix and the acidic nature of the peptide lead to a filmlike assembly of CaCO3 nanocrystals through transformation of amorphous calcium carbonate (see picture).
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