S
Sean A. Davis
Publications - 1
Citations - 268
Sean A. Davis is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Amorphous calcium carbonate & Mesocrystal. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications receiving 229 citations.
Papers
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
Structure-property relationships of a biological mesocrystal in the adult sea urchin spine
Jong Seto,Yurong Ma,Sean A. Davis,Fiona C. Meldrum,Aurélien Gourrier,Yi-Yeoun Kim,Uwe Schilde,Michael Sztucki,Manfred Burghammer,Sergey Maltsev,Christian Jäger,Helmut Cölfen +11 more
TL;DR: A comprehensive analysis of an adult sea urchin spine is presented, and in revealing a complex, hierarchical structure, it is shown how Nature fabricates a material which diffracts as a single crystal of calcite and yet fractures as a glassy material.