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Weiner, S., Addadi, L. and Wagner, H.D. 2000.
Materials design in biology.
Materials Science and Engineering C 11, 1-8.

Liu, D., Wagner, H.D. and Weiner, S. 2000
Bending and fracture of compact lamellar bone: a comparison of circumferential and osteonal bone of the baboon tibia.
J. Mat. Sci. Mat. Med. 11, 49-60.

Levi-Kalisman, Y., Raz, S., Weiner, S., Addadi, L. and Sagi, I. 2000.
X-ray absorption spectroscopy studies on the structure of a biogenic "amorphous" calcium carbonate phase.
J. Chem. Soc. Dalton Trans. 2000, 3977-3982.

Beniash, E., Traub, W., Veis, A. and Weiner, S. 2000.
A transmission electron microscope study using vitrified ice sections of predentin: structural changes in the dentin collagenous matrix prior to mineralization.
J. Structural Biology 132, 212-225.

Addadi, L., Geva, M. and Weiner, S. 2001.
On how proteins interact with crystals and their effect on crystal formation.
Z. Kardiol. 90. Supl. 3, 92-98.

Bouropolous, N., Weiner, S. and Addadi, L. 2001.
Calcium oxalate crystals in tomato and tobacco plants: morphology and in vitro interactions of crystal-associated macromolecules.
Chem. Eur. J. 7, 1881-1888.

Levi-Kalisman, Y., Addadi, L. and Weiner, S. 2001.
Structure of the nacreous layer of a bivalve mollusk shell examined in the hydrated state using cryo-TEM.
J. Struct. Biol. 135, 8-17

Aizenberg, J., Tkachenko, A., Weiner, S., Addadi, L. and Hendler, G. 2001.
Brittlestar optics: Calcitic microlenses as part of the photoreceptor system.
Nature 412,819-822.

Levi-Kalisman, Y. Raz, S., Weiner, S., Addadi, L. and Sagi, S. 2002
Structural differences between biogenic amorphous calcium carbonate phases using absorption spectroscopy.
Advanced Functional Mat. 12, 43-48

Garty, J., Kunin, P., Delarea, J. and Weiner, S. 2002.
Calcium oxalate and sulphate-containing structures on the thallial surface of the lichen Ramalina lacera: response to polluted air and simulated acid rain.
Plant, Cell & Environment 25, 1591-1604.

Aizenberg, J., Lambert, G., Weiner, S. and Addadi, L. 2002.
Amorphous and crystalline calcium carbonate in a skeletal tissue: a study of an ascidian spicule.
J.Amer.Chem .Soc. 124, 32-39.

Aizenberg, J., Lambert, G., Weiner, S. and Addadi. L. 2002.
Factors involved in the formation of amorphous and crystalline calcium carbonate: A study of an Ascidian skeleton.
Conn. Tissue Res. (in press).

Weiss, I. M., Tuross, N., Addadi, L. and Weiner, S. 2002.
Mollusc larval shell formation: amorphous calcium carbonate is a precursor phase for aragonite.
J. Exper. Zool. 293, 478-491.

Raz, S., Testeniere, O., Hecker, A., Weiner, S. and Luquet, G. 2002.
Stable amorphous calcium carbonate is the main component of the calcium storage structures of the crustacean Orchestia cavimana.
Biol. Bull. 203, 269-274.

Weiner, S., Levi-Kalisman, Y, Raz, S. and Addadi, L. 2003.
Biologically formed amorphous calcium carbonate.
Conn. Tissue Res. 44, 214-218.

Wood, J.D., Wang, R.Z., Weiner, S. and Pashley, D.H. 2003.
Mapping of tooth deformation caused by moisture change using moiré interferometry.
Dental Materials 19, 159-166.

Estroff, L.A., Leiserowitz, L., Addadi, L., Weiner, S. and Hamilton, A.D. 2003.
Characterization of an organic hydrogel: A cryo-TEM and X-ray diffraction study.
Adv. Mat.15, 38-42.

Raz, S., Hamilton, P.C., Wilt, F.H., Weiner, S. and Addadi, L.2003.
The transient phase of amorphous calcium carbonate in sea urchin larval spicules: the involvement of proteins and magnesium ions in its formation and stabilization.
Adv. Functional Mat. 13, 480-486.

Falini, G., Weiner, S. and Addadi, L. 2003.
Chitin-silk fibroin interactions: relevance to calcium carbonate formation in invertebrates.
Calc. Tissue Intl. 72, 548-554.

Gotliv, B., Addadi, Li. and Weiner, S. 2003.
Mollusk shell acidic proteins: in search of individual functions.
Chem. Biochem. 4, 522-529.

Addadi, L., Raz, S. and Weiner, S. 2003.
Taking advantage of disorder: amorphous calcium carbonate and its roles in biomineralization.
Adv. Mat.15, 959-970.

Treves, K., Traub, W., Weiner, S. and Addadi, L. 2003.
Aragonite formation in the chiton (Mollusca) girdle.
Helv. Chim. Acta 86, 1101-1112.

Levy-Lior, A., Weiner, S. and Addadi, L. 2003.
Calcium oxalate crystals with chiral morphology formed in the leaves of some Solanacea Plants.
Helv. Chim. Acta 86,4007-4017.

Estroff, L.A., Addadi, L., Weiner, S. and Hamilton, A.D. 2004.
An organic hydrogel as a matrix for the growth of calcite crystals.
Org. Biomol. Chem. 2, 137-141.

Zaslansky, P., Currey, J.D., Friesem, A. and Weiner, S. 2004.
Phase shifting speckle interferometry for determination of strain and Young's modulus of mineralized biological materials: a study of tooth dentin compression in water.
J. Biomedical Optics 10 (2).

Politi, Y., Klein, E., Arad, T., Weiner, S. And Addadi, L. 2004.
Sea urchin spine calcite forms via a transient amorphous calcium carbonate phase. Science 306, 1161-1164.

Gotliv,B., Kessler,N., Sumerel,J.L., Morse,D.E., Tuross,N., Addadi, L. and Weiner, S. 2004.
Asprich: a novel aspartic acid-rich protein family from the prismatic shell matrix of the bivalve Atrina rigida.
Chem. Biochem. 6, 304-314.

Sone, E., Weiner, S. and Addadi, L. (2005).
Morphology of goethite crystals in developing limpet teeth: Assessing biological control over mineral formation.
Crystal Growth Design 5, 2131-2138.

Nudelman, F. Gotliv,B., Addadi, L. and Weiner, S. (2005).
Mollusk shell formation: mapping the distribution of organic matrix components underlying a single aragonitic tablet in nacre.
J. Structural Biol. (in press).

Addadi, L., Joester, D., Nudelman, F. and Weiner, S. (2005).
Mollusk shell formation: a source of new concepts for understanding biomineralization processes.
Chemistry. European Journal (in press).

Zaslansky, P., Friesem, A. and Weiner, S. (2005).
Structure and mechanical properties of the soft zone separating bulk dentin and enamel in crowns of human teeth: insight into tooth function.
J. Structural Biology, 153, 188-199.

Book

Lowenstam, H.A. and Weiner, S. (1989). On Biomineralization. Oxford University Press, New York.

Edited Book

Weiner, S. and Dove, P.M. 2003.
An overview of biomineralization processes and the problem of the vital effect. In Biomineralization. Reviews in Mineralogy & Geochemistry.
Eds. Dove, P.M., DeYoreo, J.J. and Weiner, S. 54, 1-29

Weiner, S. and Dove, P.M. 2003.
Biomineralization. Reviews in Mineralogy & Geochemistry. American Mineralogical Society, Washington, DC.

Reis, R.L. and Weiner, S.
Learning From Nature How to Design New Implantable Biomaterials. 171, NATO Science Series, Kluwer Publishers, Dordrecht.

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