Biomineralization inspired crystal growth for biomimetic materials preparation

Biomineralization is the process by which living organisms fabricate biominerals by regulating their nucleation, growth and assembly. This process inspires many biomimetic mineralization strategies for functional materials preparation. In this review, the biomineralization and related crystallization mechanisms are briefly introduced. We focus on introducing the recently developed strategies for biomimetic mineralization, as well as the biomimetic materials, including structural materials, medical materials and organism-material hybrids. We highlight the important role of biomineralization mechanisms on the synthesizing and design of novel materials, which can promote our life in the future.