Issue 21, 2011
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CrystEngComm

Additive-dependent morphogenesis of oriented calcite crystals on mica†

Xu-Rong Xu,*a   Han-Hua Pan,a   Rui-Kang Tanga  and  Kilwon Cho*b  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
E-mail: xrxu@zju.edu.cn

b Department of Chemical Engineering, Polymer Research Institute, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Korea
E-mail: kwcho@postech.ac.kr

Abstract

(001) Oriented calcite crystals were synthesized on mica due to the crystal lattice match between the (001) calcite face and (001) plane of mica. Poly(vinyl sulfonate) and poly(acrylic acid) were used to study their effects on the crystal habit of calcite. Two different kinds of morphogenesis of (001) oriented calcite on mica occurred with the increase of additive concentrations. The present study is useful to understand the roles of additives in the crystallization of CaCO3 and provides an appropriate model system for biomineralization.

Graphical abstract: Additive-dependent morphogenesis of oriented calcite crystals on mica

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C1CE05620D
Article type
Communication
Submitted
25 May 2011
Accepted
13 Aug 2011
First published
08 Sep 2011

CrystEngComm, 2011,13, 6311-6314

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Additive-dependent morphogenesis of oriented calcite crystals on mica

X. Xu, H. Pan, R. Tang and K. Cho, CrystEngComm, 2011, 13, 6311 DOI: 10.1039/C1CE05620D

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