Antonio G. Checa

Antonio G. Checa

Universidad de Granada

H-index: 37

Europe-Spain

About Antonio G. Checa

Antonio G. Checa, With an exceptional h-index of 37 and a recent h-index of 23 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Universidad de Granada, specializes in the field of Paleontology, Biominerals, Morphology.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Arms and the mollusc: An evolutionary arms race has produced armor based on molluscan biomineralization

Guinea fowl eggshell structural analysis at different scales reveals how organic matrix induces microstructural shifts that enhance its mechanical properties

Mineralogical description and hypothesis on the formation of menilites from Galera, Granada (Spain)

Organic macromolecules bind a significant proportion of the precursor calcium for nacre formation.

Patterns of crystal organization and calcite twin formation in planktonic, rotaliid, foraminifera shells and spines

The unique fibrilar to platy nano-and microstructure of twinned rotaliid foraminiferal shell calcite

Organization and Formation of the Crossed-Foliated Biomineral Microstructure of Limpet Shells

Nanoscale Analysis of the Structure and Composition of Biogenic Calcite Reveals the Biomineral Growth Pattern

Antonio G. Checa Information

University

Position

Full Professor of Paleontology Spain

Citations(all)

4769

Citations(since 2020)

2024

Cited By

3520

hIndex(all)

37

hIndex(since 2020)

23

i10Index(all)

97

i10Index(since 2020)

56

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Universidad de Granada

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Antonio G. Checa Skills & Research Interests

Paleontology

Biominerals

Morphology

Top articles of Antonio G. Checa

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Arms and the mollusc: An evolutionary arms race has produced armor based on molluscan biomineralization

Julyan HE Cartwright

Antonio G Checa

Michael J Vendrasco

2024/1

Guinea fowl eggshell structural analysis at different scales reveals how organic matrix induces microstructural shifts that enhance its mechanical properties

Acta Biomaterialia

AB Rodríguez-Navarro

N Domínguez-Gasca

D Athanasiadou

N Le Roy

A González-Segura

...

2024/4/1

Mineralogical description and hypothesis on the formation of menilites from Galera, Granada (Spain)

Physics and Chemistry of Minerals

Carlos Pimentel

Carlos Gutiérrez-Ariza

Antonio G Checa

C Ignacio Sainz-Díaz

Julyan HE Cartwright

2024/3

Organic macromolecules bind a significant proportion of the precursor calcium for nacre formation.

bioRxiv

Elena Macias-Sanchez

Marc Georg Willinger

Xing Huang

Antonio Gerardo Checa

2024

Patterns of crystal organization and calcite twin formation in planktonic, rotaliid, foraminifera shells and spines

Journal of Structural Biology

J Lastam

Erika Griesshaber

X Yin

U Rupp

I Sánchez-Almazo

...

2023/3/1

The unique fibrilar to platy nano-and microstructure of twinned rotaliid foraminiferal shell calcite

Scientific Reports

J Lastam

Erika Griesshaber

X Yin

Ulrich Rupp

Isabel Sanchez-Almazo

...

2023/2/7

Organization and Formation of the Crossed-Foliated Biomineral Microstructure of Limpet Shells

ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering

Katarzyna Berent

Marta Gajewska

Antonio G Checa

2023/11/22

Nanoscale Analysis of the Structure and Composition of Biogenic Calcite Reveals the Biomineral Growth Pattern

ACS nano

Marta de Frutos

Alejandro B Rodríguez-Navarro

Xiaoyan Li

Antonio G Checa

2023/1/25

Biological light-weight materials: The endoskeletons of cephalopod mollusks

Journal of Structural Biology

Erika Griesshaber

Antonio G Checa

Carmen Salas

René Hoffmann

Xiaofei Yin

...

2023/9/1

Microstructure and crystallographic characteristics of stenolaemate bryozoans (phylum Bryozoa and class Stenolaemata)

Crystal Growth & Design

Christian Grenier

Erika Griesshaber

Wolfgang W Schmahl

Antonio G Checa

2023/1/9

Chemical and Structural Insights of the Nano Organo–Mineral Interfaces in Growing Abalone Nacre

Chemistry of Materials

Widad Ajili

Marta de Frutos

Imène Estève

Marie Albéric

Nicolas Menguy

...

2023/7/24

Periostracum formation in Sepia officinalis (Sepiidae, Cephalopoda).

Ernesto Ruiz Villaespesa

María del Carmen Salas-Casanova

Antonio Checa

2023

Evidence for helical microstructure of aragonite fibers in pteropod shells

MRS Bulletin

Antonio G Checa

Carlos Pimentel

Katarzyna Berent

Paula Ramos-Silva

Alejandro B Rodríguez-Navarro

...

2023/5

Evaluation of remodeling and geometry on the biomechanical properties of nacreous bivalve shells

Scientific Reports

Estefano Muñoz-Moya

Claudio M García-Herrera

Nelson A Lagos

Aldo F Abarca-Ortega

Antonio G Checa

...

2022/1/13

Helical microstructures in molluscan biomineralization are a biological example of close packed helices that may form from a colloidal liquid crystal precursor in a twist–bend …

Physical Review Materials

Katarzyna Berent

Julyan HE Cartwright

Antonio G Checa

Carlos Pimentel

Paula Ramos-Silva

...

2022/10/17

Sclerites of Solenogastres: their formation and crystal organization

Juan Diego Castro-Claros

Xiang Yin

Erika Griessaber

Carmen Cobo

Wolfgang W Schmahl

...

2022

The shell structure and chamber production cycle of the cephalopod Spirula (Coleoidea, Decabrachia)

Marine Biology

Antonio G Checa

Christian Grenier

Erika Griesshaber

Wolfgang W Schmahl

Julyan HE Cartwright

...

2022/10

Ribs of Pinna nobilis shell induce unexpected microstructural changes that provide unique mechanical properties

Materials Science and Engineering: A

Kinga Nalepka

Katarzyna Berent

Antonio G Checa

Tomasz Machniewicz

Adrian J Harris

...

2022/1/1

Form and function of the mantle edge in Protobranchia (Mollusca: Bivalvia)

Zoology

Carmen Salas

Juan de Dios Bueno-Pérez

Juan Félix López-Téllez

Antonio G Checa

2022/8/1

Crystallographic control of the fabrication of an extremely sophisticated shell surface microornament in the glass scallop Catillopecten

Scientific Reports

Antonio G Checa

Carmen Salas

Francisco M Varela-Feria

Alejandro B Rodríguez-Navarro

Christian Grenier

...

2022/7/7

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Co-Authors

H-index: 45
Alejandro Rodriguez-Navarro

Alejandro Rodriguez-Navarro

Universidad de Granada

H-index: 43
Elizabeth M Harper

Elizabeth M Harper

University of Cambridge

H-index: 25
Katarzyna Berent

Katarzyna Berent

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