Surface-Induced Recrystallization of Amorphous Calcium Carbonates to Oriented Calcite Crystals

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Enigmatic functions of amorphous calcium carbonates (ACC) are explored by inducing the formation and the stabilization of spherulitic ACC particles on self-assembled monolayers (SAM) of hydroxy-terminated alkanethiols on Au surface. We demonstrate that the stabilized ACC particles can be induced to crystallize on command to form oriented calcite crystals by introducing a nucleating surface by a means of a secondary SAM surface with carboxylate functionality.

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    Present address: Chemistry and Materials Science Directorate, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, 94551, USA

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    T. Yong-Jin Han & Joanna Aizenberg

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Han, T.YJ., Aizenberg, J. Surface-Induced Recrystallization of Amorphous Calcium Carbonates to Oriented Calcite Crystals. MRS Online Proceedings Library 873, 410 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1557/PROC-873-K4.10

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