Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation in Nucleation Process of Biomineralization

• Published in: Frontiers in chemistry Vol. 10; p. 834503
• Main Authors: Qin, Da, He, Zhen, Li, Peng, Zhang, Shutian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Frontiers Media S.A 04.02.2022
• Subjects: 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

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...