Acidic monosaccharides become incorporated into calcite single crystals
A. Lang, S. Mijowska, I. Polishchuk, G. Falini, S. Fermani, A. Katsman, F. Marin, B. Pokroy
This study shows acidic monosaccharides incorporate into calcite crystals, altering their structure and inducing anisotropic lattice distortions.
bioRxiv · Aug 3, 2020Bioengineering