Inclusion of organic molecules in inorganic crystals is thought to enhance their mechanical properties, yet obtaining high occlusion levels has been a challenge. It is now shown that synthetic calcite single crystals incorporating a significant amount of copolymer micelles have mechanical properties similar to biogenic calcite crystals.
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Estroff, L., Cohen, I. Micelles in a crystal. Nature Mater 10, 810–811 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat3156
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