Bioinspired synthesis of calcium carbonate hollow spheres with a nacre-type laminated microstructure

In this Article, we combine the characters of hyperbranched polymers and the concept of double-hydrophilic block copolymer (DHBC) to design a 3D crystal growth modifier, HPG-COOH. The novel modifier can efficiently control the crystallization of CaCO(3) from amorphous nanoparticles to vaterite hollo...

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Veröffentlicht in:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1985. - 27(2011), 1 vom: 04. Jan., Seite 366-70
1. Verfasser: Dong, Wenyong (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Cheng, Haixing, Yao, Yuan, Zhou, Yongfeng, Tong, Gangsheng, Yan, Deyue, Lai, Yijian, Li, Wei
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2011
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Schlagworte:Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Polymers polyglycerol 25618-55-7 Calcium Carbonate H0G9379FGK Glycerol PDC6A3C0OX
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Zusammenfassung:In this Article, we combine the characters of hyperbranched polymers and the concept of double-hydrophilic block copolymer (DHBC) to design a 3D crystal growth modifier, HPG-COOH. The novel modifier can efficiently control the crystallization of CaCO(3) from amorphous nanoparticles to vaterite hollow spheres by a nonclassical crystallization process. The obtained vaterite hollow spheres have a special puffy dandelion-like appearance; that is, the shell of the hollow spheres is constructed by platelet-like vaterite mesocrystals, perpendicular to the globe surface. The cross-section of the wall of a vaterite hollow sphere is similar to that of nacres in microstructure, in which platelet-like calcium carbonate mesocrystals pile up with one another. These results reveal the topology effect of the crystal growth modifier on biomineralization and the essential role of the nonclassical crystallization for constructing hierarchical microstructures
Beschreibung:Date Completed 12.04.2011
Date Revised 21.11.2013
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:1520-5827
DOI:10.1021/la1034799