Thin film coating of CaCO3 crystals on a chitin fiber from CaCO3 solution in the presence of an acid-rich macromolecule leads to the fabrication of a novel type of organic/inorganic composites. Molecular interactions between functional groups of these organic matrices play a key role for this control of inorganic crystallization.
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