Selected Group Publications

2024

• Myriad Mapping of nanoscale minerals reveals calcium carbonate hemihydrate in forming nacre and coral biomineralsSchmidt, C. A., Tambutté, E., Venn, A. A., Zou, Z., Castillo Alvarez, C., Devriendt, L. S., Bechtel, H. A. & 21 others, Dec 2024, In: Nature communications. 15, 1, 1812Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
• Wear Mechanics of the Female Locust Digging Valves: The “Good Enough” PrincipleVellwock, A. E., Sonnenreich, S., Gershon, S., Chang, Y., Bertinetti, L., Tadayon, M., Ayali, A. & 2 others, 23 Sep 2024, In: Advanced functional materials. 2413510Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article

2023

• ROCK and the actomyosin network control biomineral growth and morphology during sea urchin skeletogenesisHijaze, E., Gildor, T., Seidel, R., Layous, M., Winter, M., Bertinetti, L., Politi, Y. & 1 others, 2023, In: eLife. 12, RP89080Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article

2022

• Gradients of Orientation, Composition, and Hydration of Proteins for Efficient Light Collection by the Cornea of the Horseshoe CrabSpaeker, O., Taylor, G. J., Wilts, B. D., Slabý, T., Abdel-Rahman, M. A. K., Scoppola, E., Schmitt, C. N. & 7 others, Nov 2022, In: Advanced science. 9, 33, 2203371Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
• Principles of elastic bridging in biological materialsUzan, A. Y., Milo, O., Politi, Y. & Bar-On, B., Nov 2022, In: Acta biomaterialia. 153, p. 320-330, 11 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
• Heat-Mediated Micro- and Nano-pore Evolution in Sea Urchin BiomineralsAlbéric, M., Zolotoyabko, E., Spaeker, O., Li, C., Tadayon, M., Schmitt, C. N., Politi, Y. & 2 others, 1 Jun 2022, In: Crystal growth & design. 22, 6, p. 3727-3739, 13 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
• Multiscale X-ray study of Bacillus subtilis biofilms reveals interlinked structural hierarchy and elemental heterogeneityAzulay, D. N., Spaeker, O., Ghrayeb, M., Wilsch-Bräuninger, M., Scoppola, E., Burghammer, M., Zizak, I. & 3 others, 25 Jan 2022, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America : PNAS. 119, 4, 8 p., e2118107119Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article

2021

• The spider cuticle: a remarkable material toolbox for functional diversityPoliti, Y., Bertinetti, L., Fratzl, P. & Barth, F. G., 20 Sep 2021, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences. 379, 2206, 20200332Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Review article

2020

• Adaptations for Wear Resistance and Damage Resilience: Micromechanics of Spider Cuticular “Tools”Tadayon, M., Younes-Metzler, O., Shelef, Y., Zaslansky, P., Rechels, A., Berner, A., Zolotoyabko, E. & 4 others, 1 Aug 2020, In: Advanced functional materials. 30, 32, 2000400Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
• Epidermal Cell Surface Structure and Chitin–Protein Co-assembly Determine Fiber Architecture in the Locust CuticleSviben, S., Spaeker, O., Bennet, M., Albéric, M., Dirks, J., Moussian, B., Fratzl, P. & 2 others, 10 Jun 2020, In: ACS applied materials & interfaces. 12, 23, p. 25581–25590, 10 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article