A "assembly-and-mineralization" method is developed by Shuhong Yu's group from University of Science and Technology of China. It can fabricate nacre-like materials quickly at large scale by using controllable calcium carbonate mineralization, which is a great step to design and construct advanced functional materials by bioinspired approach.
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