?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fmiis.maths.ox.ac.uk%2Fmiis%2F337%2F&rft.title=Control+of+Calcium+Carbonate+Crystallization+by+a+Serum+Protein&rft.creator=Morfin%2C+M.&rft.creator=Bohun%2C+C.+S.&rft.creator=Wattis%2C+J.&rft.subject=Medical+and+pharmaceutical&rft.description=Calcium+carbonate+crystals+occur+in+a+variety+of+shapes%2C+each+morphology+having+differing+physicochemical+properties.+This+problem+involves+the+formation+of+calcium+carbonate+crystals+in+a+gas+diffusion+process.+Experiments+showed+the+formation+of+clear+shapes+in+the+presence+of+a+serum+protein.+These+structures+appear+to+be+formed+from+calcium+carbonate+fibers+arranged+in+cones%2C+fiber+bundles%2C+discs%2C+and+other+shapes.+Some+characteristics+of+the+crystals%2C+such+as+the+layering+of+self+similar+structures%2C+suggest+a+process+which+regulates+crystallization.+Here+we+propose+a+mechanism+for+the+formation+of+calcium+carbonate+fibers+and+their+assembly+in+the+complex+structures.+We+describe+this+process+in+two+systems+of+partial+differential+equations.+We+aim+to+simulate+the+growth+of+these+crystals+in+order+to+understand+the+effect+of+the+concentrations+and+diffusion+of+the+different+elements+and+compounds+that+are+present+in+the+reaction%2C+in+the+global+regulator+of+the+crystallization+process.&rft.date=2009&rft.type=Study+Group+Report&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fmiis.maths.ox.ac.uk%2Fmiis%2F337%2F1%2FCrystallization.pdf&rft.identifier=++Morfin%2C+M.+and+Bohun%2C+C.+S.+and+Wattis%2C+J.++(2009)+Control+of+Calcium+Carbonate+Crystallization+by+a+Serum+Protein.++%5BStudy+Group+Report%5D+++++