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Hierarchical textures on aragonitic shells of the hyaline radial foraminifer: Hoeglundina elegans

  • Kimiko Nakajima
  • , Monami Suzuki
  • , Yukiko Nagai
  • , Kenta Izumida
  • , Yuya Oaki
  • , Takashi Toyofuku
  • , Jelle Bijma
  • , Gernot Nehrke
  • , Markus Raitzsch
  • , Kenichiro Tani
  • , Hiroaki Imai

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Abstract

We studied the specific hierarchical architecture of aragonitic shells of a hyaline radial foraminifer, Hoeglundina elegans. The porous shells consist of an ∼50 nm thin top layer and columnar domains ∼1 μm wide and ∼5 μm long in which the c-Axis is perpendicular to the surface. The domains are regarded as bundled pillars comprising iso-oriented nanograins ∼5 nm in diameter, and divided by lateral lines of nanoscale voids with an interval of ∼240-500 nm.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)7191-7196
Number of pages6
JournalCrystEngComm
Volume19
Issue number47
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemistry
  • General Materials Science
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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