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    • Fernández, M. S.; Passalacqua, K.; Arias, J. I.; Arias, J. L. (2004)
      The avian eggshell is a biocomposite ceramic consisting of minute amounts of organic matrix and a crystalline calcium carbonate (calcite) filler. It is formed by a well regulated spatio-temporal assembling process, where ...
    • Fernández Garay, María Soledad; Moya, Alejandra; López, Luis; Arias Bautista, José (2001)
      The chicken eggshell is a composite bioceramic containing organic and inorganic phases. The organic phase contains, among other constituents, type X collagen and proteoglycans (mammillan, a keratan sulfate proteoglycan, ...
    • Carrino, David A.; Dennis, James E.; Wu, Tzong Ming; Arias, José L.; Fernández, María S.; Rodríguez, Juan Pablo; Fink, David J.; Heuer, Arthur H.; Caplan, Arnold I. (1996)
      The avian eggshell is a complex, extracellularly assembled structure which contains both mineralized and non-mineralized regions. The composition of the hen eggshell organic matrix was examined by immunohistochemistry with ...