Announcements

Minerals (ISSN: 2075-163X) has launched the “Biomineralization and Biominerals” Section. Biominerals are natural organo-mineral biocomposites. There are unresolved questions about the factors that control their formation and growth in tests, shells, and skeletons, in addition to how some diseases modify their properties. The field covered by the “Biomineralization and Biominerals” Section extends from the structure to the composition of mineral and organic components of plants, fungi, algae, vertebrates, and invertebrates. Methods for characterization at the macro, micro, nano, and atomic levels of biominerals are included. Contributions from a broad community working on fundamental research and/or applications in biology, medicine, inspired biomaterials, evolution, diagenesis, etc., based on modern and ancient (fossil) biominerals, are expected.

We are pleased to invite you to read papers from the Editor’s Choice Articles in 2021. We have carefully curated a list of high-quality articles from the “Biomineralization and Biominerals” Section below:

“A Study of Thermal Stability of Hydroxyapatite”
by Natalia V. Bulina, Svetlana V. Makarova, Sergey G. Baev, Alexander A. Matvienko, Konstantin B. Gerasimov, Olga A. Logutenko and Vladimir S. Bystrov
Minerals 2021, 11(12), 1310; https://doi.org/10.3390/min11121310
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/11/12/1310

“Complex Biomineralization Pathways of the Belemnite Rostrum Cause Biased Paleotemperature Estimates”
by René Hoffmann, Benjamin J. Linzmeier, Kouki Kitajima, Gernot Nehrke, Martin Dietzel, Niels Jöns, Kevin Stevens and Adrian Immenhauser
Minerals 2021, 11(12), 1406; https://doi.org/10.3390/min11121406
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/11/12/1406

“First Report of Small Shelly Fossils from the Cambrian Miaolingian Limestones (Zhangxia and Hsuzhuang Formations) in Yiyang County, Henan Province of North China”
by Yazhou Hu, Lars E. Holmer, Yue Liang, Xiaolin Duan and Zhifei Zhang
Minerals 2021, 11(10), 1104; https://doi.org/10.3390/min11101104
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/11/10/1104

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the research groups that submitted these exceptional papers for their contributions to Minerals. We would appreciate it if you would circulate this document among your colleagues or through your network. Additionally, we look forward to our collaboration through the following means:

Submitting a manuscript:
You can submit your work directly via the following link: https://susy.mdpi.com/user/manuscripts/upload?journal=minerals.

Launching a Special Issue:
You can propose hot topics and edit a Special Issue together with a couple of outstanding experts via the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journalproposal/sendproposalspecialissue/minerals.

Joining the Editorial Board:
If you are an active researcher in the field of clays and engineered mineral materials, and are interested in joining the Editorial Board, please do not hesitate to get in touch ([email protected]).

Minerals Editorial Office