Hybrid Biomimetic Materials from Silica/Carbonate Biomorphs Opel, Julian Unglaube, Niklas Wörner, Melissa Kellermeier, Matthias Cölfen, Helmut García Ruiz, Juan Manuel Biomorphs Barium carbonate Silica PCDA Pyrrole The authors thank the Particle Analysis Center of the University of Konstanz (SFB 1214), the Nanostructure Laboratory and the Bioimaging center of the University of Konstanz for access to their instruments and Andra-Lisa Hoyt for corrections. The formation of a polymer protection layer around fragile mineral architectures ensures that structures stay intact even after treatments that would normally destroy them going along with a total loss of textural information. Here we present a strategy to preserve the shape of silica-carbonate biomorphs with polymers. This method converts non-hybrid inorganic-inorganic composite materials such a silica/carbonate biomorphs into hybrid organic/carbonate composite materials similar to biominerals. 2020-05-14T06:12:57Z 2020-05-14T06:12:57Z 2019-03-18 journal article Opel, J.; Unglaube, N.; Wörner, M.; Kellermeier, M.; Cölfen, H.; García-Ruiz, J.-M. Hybrid Biomimetic Materials from Silica/Carbonate Biomorphs. Crystals 2019, 9, 157. [doi:10.3390/cryst9030157] http://hdl.handle.net/10481/62053 10.3390/cryst9030157 eng EC/FP7/340863 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ open access Atribución 3.0 España MDPI