Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation in Nucleation Process of Biomineralization

Biomineralization is a typical interdisciplinary subject attracting biologists, chemists, and geologists to figure out its potential mechanism. A mounting number of studies have revealed that the classical nucleation theory is not suitable for all nucleation process of biominerals, and phase-separat...

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Published inFrontiers in chemistry Vol. 10; p. 834503
Main Authors Qin, Da, He, Zhen, Li, Peng, Zhang, Shutian
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Switzerland Frontiers Media S.A 04.02.2022
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biomineralization
Chemistry
liquid-liquid phase separation
nucleation
polymer-induced liquid precursor
prenucleation clusters
polymer-induced liquid precursor
nucleation
biomineralization
liquid-liquid phase separation
prenucleation clusters
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Summary:Biomineralization is a typical interdisciplinary subject attracting biologists, chemists, and geologists to figure out its potential mechanism. A mounting number of studies have revealed that the classical nucleation theory is not suitable for all nucleation process of biominerals, and phase-separated structures such as polymer-induced liquid precursors (PILPs) play essential roles in the non-classical nucleation processes. These structures are able to play diverse roles biologically or pathologically, and could also give inspiring clues to bionic applications. However, a lot of confusion and dispute occurred due to the intricacy and interdisciplinary nature of liquid precursors. Researchers in different fields may have different opinions because the terminology and current state of understanding is not common knowledge. As a result, our team reviewed the most recent articles focusing on the nucleation processes of various biominerals to clarify the state-of-the-art understanding of some essential concepts and guide the newcomers to enter this intricate but charming field.
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This article was submitted to Solid State Chemistry, a section of the journal Frontiers in Chemistry
These authors have contributed equally to this work
Reviewed by: Dmitry Rybin, Udmurt Federal Research Centre of the Ural Branch (RAS), Russia
Dong Chen, Zhejiang University, China
Edited by: Elena Vladimirovna Boldyreva, Novosibirsk State University, Russia
ISSN:2296-2646
2296-2646
DOI:10.3389/fchem.2022.834503