This first comprehensive overview of the modern aspects of biomineralization represents life and materials science at its best: Bioinspired pathways are the hot topics in many disciplines and this holds especially true for biomineralization.
Here, the editors -- well-known members of associations and prestigious institutes -- have assembled an international team of renowned authors to provide first-hand research results.
This second volume deals with biometic model systems in biomineralization, including the biomineral approach to bionics, bioinspired materials synthesis and bio-supported materials chemistry, encapsulation and the imaging of internal nanostructures of biominerals.
An interdisciplinary must-have account, for biochemists, bioinorganic chemists, lecturers in chemistry and biochemistry, materials scientists, biologists, and solid state physicists.

BIOMETIC MODEL SYSTEMS IN BIOMINERALIZATION<br>Biomimetic Confined Media for Silica Nanoparticle Growth (Onion Phases; Typ I Collagen)<br>The Polyamine Silica System: A Biomimetic Model for the Biomineralization of Silica<br>Solid-state NMR in Biomimetic Silica Formation and Silica Biomineralization<br>Mesocrystals: Examples of Non-classical Crystallisation<br>Model Studies on Calcium Carbonate Biomineralization<br>The Hierarchical Architecture of Nacre and its Mimetic Material<br>Avian Eggshell as Template for Biomimetic Synthesis of New Materials<br>Biomimetic Mineralization and Scanning Force Modulation Microscopy Studies of Self-assembled Protein Fibres<br>Model Systems for Formation and Dissolution of Calcium Phosphate Mineralization<br>Biomimetic Formation of Magnetite Nanoparticles<br>THE BIOMINERAL APPROACH TO BIONICS<br>Bionic Principles to be Learned from Biominerals<br>BIO-INSPIRED MATERIALS SYNTHESIS<br>Using Ice to Mimic Nacre: From Structural Applications to Artificial Bone<br>Molecular Biomimetics: Genetically Engineered Polypeptides for Functional Materials Assembly<br>Bio-inspired Construction of Silica Surface Patterns<br>Template Surface for the Formation of Calcium Carbonate and Silica<br>BIO-SUPPORTED MATERIALS CHEMISTRY<br>Inorganic Preforms of Biological Origin: Shape-preserving Reactive Conversion of Biosilica Microshells (Diatoms)<br>Organic Preforms of Biological Origin: Natural Plants Tissues as Templates for Inorganic and Zeolithic Macrostructures<br>"Bio-casting": Biomineralized Skeletons as Templates for Macroporous Structures<br>PROTEIN CAGES AS SIZE-CONSTRAINED REACTION VESSELS<br>Biomimetic Synthesis of Metal Oxides Using Ferritin, Ferritin-like Proteins and a Chemically Modified Virus (CCMV)<br>Genetically Engineered Protein Cages for Nanomaterials Synthesis<br>The Tobacco Mosaic Virus as Template<br>ENCAPSULATION<br>Microencapsulation by Silica-alginate Composites<br>IMAGING OF INTERNAL NANOSTRUCTURES OF BIOMINERALS<br>Energy-variable X-ray Diffraction with High Depth Resolution Used for Seashells Analysis<br>X-ray Phase Microradiography and X-ray Absorption Micro-computed Tomography, Compared in Studies of Biominerals

BIOMETIC MODEL SYSTEMS IN BIOMINERALIZATION<br>Biomimetic Confined Media for Silica Nanoparticle Growth (Onion Phases; Typ I Collagen)<br>The Polyamine Silica System: A Biomimetic Model for the Biomineralization of Silica<br>Solid-state NMR in Biomimetic Silica Formation and Silica Biomineralization<br>Mesocrystals: Examples of Non-classical Crystallisation<br>Model Studies on Calcium Carbonate Biomineralization<br>The Hierarchical Architecture of Nacre and its Mimetic Material<br>Avian Eggshell as Template for Biomimetic Synthesis of New Materials<br>Biomimetic Mineralization and Scanning Force Modulation Microscopy Studies of Self-assembled Protein Fibres<br>Model Systems for Formation and Dissolution of Calcium Phosphate Mineralization<br>Biomimetic Formation of Magnetite Nanoparticles<br>THE BIOMINERAL APPROACH TO BIONICS<br>Bionic Principles to be Learned from Biominerals<br>BIO-INSPIRED MATERIALS SYNTHESIS<br>Using Ice to Mimic Nacre: From Structural Applications to Artificial Bone<br>Molecular Biomimetics: Genetically Engineered Polypeptides for Functional Materials Assembly<br>Bio-inspired Construction of Silica Surface Patterns<br>Template Surface for the Formation of Calcium Carbonate and Silica<br>BIO-SUPPORTED MATERIALS CHEMISTRY<br>Inorganic Preforms of Biological Origin: Shape-preserving Reactive Conversion of Biosilica Microshells (Diatoms)<br>Organic Preforms of Biological Origin: Natural Plants Tissues as Templates for Inorganic and Zeolithic Macrostructures<br>"Bio-casting": Biomineralized Skeletons as Templates for Macroporous Structures<br>PROTEIN CAGES AS SIZE-CONSTRAINED REACTION VESSELS<br>Biomimetic Synthesis of Metal Oxides Using Ferritin, Ferritin-like Proteins and a Chemically Modified Virus (CCMV)<br>Genetically Engineered Protein Cages for Nanomaterials Synthesis<br>The Tobacco Mosaic Virus as Template<br>ENCAPSULATION<br>Microencapsulation by Silica-alginate Composites<br>IMAGING OF INTERNAL NANOSTRUCTURES OF BIOMINERALS<br>Energy-variable X-ray Diffraction with High Depth Resolution Used for Seashells Analysis<br>X-ray Phase Microradiography and X-ray Absorption Micro-computed Tomography, Compared in Studies of Biominerals