Parts of the mussel shell were first mounted in epoxy, then ground and polished for EBSD analysis, and finally finished with 5 minutes of colloidal silica polishing. Approximately ~ 5 nm of carbon was ...

This approach will use advancing imaging and mineralogical techniques such as Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy (CLSM), and Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD) ...