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Letter

Nature Materials 4, 51–55 (1 January 2005) | doi:10.1038/nmat1268

Tectonic arrangement of BaCO3 nanocrystals into helices induced by a racemic block copolymer

Shu-Hong Yu , Helmut C|[ouml]|lfen , Klaus Tauer & Markus Antonietti

Morphosynthesis strategies inspired by biomineralization processes gives access to a wide range of fascinating and useful crystalline mesostructures. Biomimetic synthesis of inorganic materials with complex shapes can now be used to control the nucleation, tensorial growth, and alignment of inorganic crystals in a way previously not practicable.