@misc{10481/78195,
year = {2022},
month = {10},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/78195},
abstract = {We demonstrate that nature has produced a close-packed helical twisted filamentous material in the biomineralization
of the mollusk. In liquid crystals, twist–bend nematics have been predicted and observed. We present
and analyze evidence that the helical biomineral microstructure of mollusk shells may be formed from such a
liquid-crystal precursor.},
organization = {Spanish Ministry of Science through Juan de la Cierva-Formacion-2018 post-doctoral contract	FJC2018-035820-I},
organization = {European Union Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Grant	101021894 (CARS-CO2)	
844345 (EPIC)},
organization = {Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA)	PPI/APM/2018/1/00049/U/001},
organization = {Ministry of Science and Innovation, Spain (MICINN)},
organization = {Instituto de Salud Carlos III},
organization = {Spanish Government	PID2020-116660GB-I00},
organization = {European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST)	CA17139},
publisher = {American Physical Society},
title = {Helical microstructures in molluscan biomineralization are a biological example of close packed helices that may form from a colloidal liquid crystal precursor in a twist–bend nematic phase},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.6.105601},
author = {Berent, Katarzyna and Cartwright, Julyan H. E. and Checa González, Antonio G. and Pimentel, Carlos and Sainz Díaz, Claro Ignacio},
}