The growth of calcium carbonate crystals under Langmuir monolayers was investigated in
the presence of chitosan, a soluble derivative of chitin added to the subphase to better …

The shapes of biologically formed calcite crystals are extremely versatile. Numerous studies
have addressed the possible biological mechanism of crystal shape regulation. Synthetic …

We have studied the biomimetic growth of calcium carbonate crystals under floating
monolayer templates, in the presence of Mg ions, using grazing incidence X-ray diffraction …

Macromolecular layers rich in amino acids and with some sulfated polysaccharides appear
to control oriented calcite growth in living organisms. Calcite crystals nucleating under …

Polysaccharides control the growth of calcite in coccoliths by adsorbing preferentially onto
particular surfaces of the calcite crystal. We chose four units from the coccolith associated …

Synthetic calcite single crystals, due to their strong crystal habit, tend to grow into
characteristic rhombohedra. In the nature, biogenic calcite crystals form composites together …

Controlled growth of calcium carbonate crystals with complex forms was achieved using
dextran as a crystal growth modifier beneath a dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC) …

(001) Oriented calcite crystals were synthesized on mica due to the crystal lattice match
between the (001) calcite face and (001) plane of mica. Poly (vinyl sulfonate) and poly …

Calcium carbonate crystal growth on a chitosan substrate was achieved using a
supersaturated calcium carbonate solution. Heterogeneous nucleation of the calcium …

Floating monolayer mixtures of cationic dioctadecyldimethyldiammonium bromide and
anionic lipids were used as variable templates for the biomimetic nucleation of calcium …