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Aggregation-Based Crystal Growth and Microstructure Development in Natural Iron Oxyhydroxide Biomineralization Products
Jillian F. Banfield,1*Susan A. Welch,1Hengzhong Zhang,1Tamara Thomsen Ebert,2R. Lee Penn3
Crystals are generally considered to grow by attachment of ions to
inorganic surfaces or organic templates. High-resolutiontransmission
electron microscopy of biomineralization productsof iron-oxidizing
bacteria revealed an alternative coarseningmechanism in which adjacent
2- to 3-nanometer particles aggregateand rotate so their structures
adopt parallel orientations inthree dimensions. Crystal growth is
accomplished by eliminatingwater molecules at interfaces and forming
iron-oxygen bonds. Self-assemblyoccurs at multiple sites, leading to a
coarser, polycrystallinematerial. Point defects (from surface-adsorbed
impurities), dislocations,and slabs of structurally distinct material
are created as a consequenceof this growth mechanism and can
dramatically impact subsequentreactivity.
1 Department of Geology and Geophysics,
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
2 Diversions Scuba, Madison, WI 53705, USA.
3 Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns
Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA.
*
To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
jill{at}geology.wisc.edu
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