Modelling the interfaces between calcite crystals and Langmuir monolayers

DM Duffy, JH Harding - Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2002 - pubs.rsc.org
… into the interaction between Langmuir monolayers and calcium carbonate surfaces, we …
between monolayers of octadecanoic acid (stearic acid) and the low energy faces of calcite. …

Molecular construction of oriented inorganic materials: controlled nucleation of calcite and aragonite under compressed Langmuir monolayers

BR Heywood, S Mann - Chemistry of Materials, 1994 - ACS Publications
calcite crystals occurs under these headgroups compared with analogous experiments under
carboxylate monolayers… Moreover, because the stereochemistry of the calcite (00.1) face is …

Structural and stereochemical relationships between Langmuir monolayers and calcium carbonate nucleation

S Mann, BR Heywood, S Rajam… - Journal of physics D …, 1991 - iopscience.iop.org
… The presence of both oriented vaterite and calcite crystals on charged monolayers indicates
that the electrostatic interactions between nuclei and the organic surface are influenced by …

Effects of chitosan on the alignment, morphology and shape of calcite crystals nucleating under Langmuir monolayers

K Kim, A Uysal, S Kewalramani, B Stripe, P Dutta - CrystEngComm, 2009 - pubs.rsc.org
calcite growth under Langmuir monolayers, a familiar and well-studied biomimetic process,
and sought to determine whether the crystal … of the Langmuir monolayer model system. There …

Effect of the interaction between bovine serum albumin Langmuir monolayer and calcite on the crystallization of CaCO3 nanoparticles

ZH Xue, BB Hu, XL Jia, HW Wang, ZL Du - Materials Chemistry and …, 2009 - Elsevier
… BSA Langmuir monolayer and calcite and its … calcite in the presence of BSA Langmuir
monolayer. In other words, longer reaction time is not only favorable to nucleation of calcite crystal

Simulation of organic monolayers as templates for the nucleation of calcite crystals

DM Duffy, JH Harding - Langmuir, 2004 - ACS Publications
Calcite crystals grown from supersaturated solution under Langmuir monolayers of stearic …
the orientation of crystal growth) of calcite crystals on the monolayer from aqueous solution by …

Study of calcium carbonate precipitation under a series of fatty acid Langmuir monolayers using Brewster angle microscopy

E Loste, E Díaz-Martí, A Zarbakhsh, FC Meldrum - Langmuir, 2003 - ACS Publications
… The orientation of the calcite crystals nucleating under the monolayer was determined
using a JEOL 2000EX transmission electron microscope (TEM), operating at 120 kV. …

Crystallization and self-assembly of calcium carbonate under albumin Langmuir monolayers

Z Xue, B Hu, S Dai, X Jiang, S Wu, Z Du - Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2011 - Elsevier
calcite crystals consisting of nanocrystals have been synthesized via a phase transformation
process under a Langmuir monolayer … of well assembled calcite nanoneedles consisting of …

Wetting characteristics and stability of Langmuir-Blodgett carboxylate monolayers at the surfaces of calcite and fluorite

WH Jang, J Drelich, JD Miller - Langmuir, 1995 - ACS Publications
… cleaved crystals of Iceland Spar (Mexico) calcite (CaC03) were purchased from Ward’s
Natural Science Establishment, Inc. Before experimentation both the fluorite and calcite crystals

Effect of Langmuir monolayer of bovine serum albumin protein on the morphology of calcium carbonate

ZH Xue, SX Dai, BB Hu, ZL Du - Materials Science and Engineering: C, 2009 - Elsevier
… effect of proteins on the crystal growth of calcium carbonate in mixed solutions [19], [… Langmuir
monolayer on the growth process and morphology evolution of calcium carbonate crystals