Pseudomorphic transformation of amorphous calcium carbonate films follows spherulitic growth mechanisms and can give rise to crystal lattice tilting

Joe Harris; I. Mey; M. Hajir; M. Mondeshki; Stephan E. Wolf

doi:10.1039/C5CE00441A

Pseudomorphic transformation of amorphous calcium carbonate films follows spherulitic growth mechanisms and can give rise to crystal lattice tilting†

Joe Harris,^a I. Mey,^b M. Hajir,^c M. Mondeshki^c and Stephan E. Wolf*^a

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^a Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Chair of Glass and Ceramics (WW3), Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg. Martensstrasse 5, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
E-mail: stephan.e.wolf@fau.de
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^b Institute of Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, Georg-August-University of Göttingen, Tammannstrasse 2, 37077 Göttingen, Germany

^c Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz, Duesbergweg 10-14, Germany

Abstract

Amorphous calcium carbonate films synthesized by the polymer-induced liquid-precursor (PILP) process convert into crystallographically complex calcite spherulites. Tuning the experimental parameters allows for the generation of crystal lattice tilting similar to that found in calcareous biominerals. This contribution evidences the role of spherulitic growth mechanisms in pseudomorphic transformations of calcium carbonate.

This article is part of the themed collection: Fundamentals of Nanocrystal Formation

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C5CE00441A
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 03 Mar 2015
Accepted: 30 Apr 2015
First published: 30 Apr 2015
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CrystEngComm, 2015,17, 6831-6837

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Pseudomorphic transformation of amorphous calcium carbonate films follows spherulitic growth mechanisms and can give rise to crystal lattice tilting

J. Harris, I. Mey, M. Hajir, M. Mondeshki and S. E. Wolf, CrystEngComm, 2015, 17, 6831 DOI: 10.1039/C5CE00441A

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