CrystEngComm · 2003 · 64 citations · 19 references
Natural SciencesChemistryMaterials ScienceBiomaterialsCrystal StructureSurface ScienceCarbonate MineralogyCarbonate MineralsCrystallization ProcessesMineral GrowthX-ray CrystallographyX-ray DiffractionCalcium Carbonate BiomineralizationCalcium Carbonate DepositionEpitaxial NucleationMineral Phase CompositionMonolayersSynchrotron X-ray Scattering
In-situ synchrotron X-ray scattering clarifies the role of templating on calcium carbonate mineralization. Fatty acid monolayers are reorganized by Ca2+ in the subphase, into structures with no epitaxial relation to CaCO3 planes. Crystals are not oriented relative to the film; kinetics dominates polytype selection.
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Controlled crystallization of CaCO3 under stearic acid monolayers
Stephen Mann, Brigid R. Heywood, Sundara Rajam et al. · Nature · 1988 · 517 citations