Water: How Does It Influence the CaCO3 Formation?

H Du, E Amstad - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Nature produces biomineral‐based materials with a fascinating set of properties using only
a limited number of elements. This set of properties is obtained by closely controlling the …

Biological stenciling of mineralization in the skeleton: local enzymatic removal of inhibitors in the extracellular matrix

N Reznikov, B Hoac, DJ Buss, WN Addison… - Bone, 2020 - Elsevier
Biomineralization is remarkably diverse and provides myriad functions across many
organismal systems. Biomineralization processes typically produce hardened, hierarchically …

Corrosion resistance of a superhydrophobic calcium carbonate coating on magnesium alloy by ultrasonic cavitation-assisted chemical conversion

Y Wang, Z You, K Ma, C Dai, D Wang, J Wang - Corrosion Science, 2023 - Elsevier
A superhydrophobic anticorrosive CaCO 3 coating was prepared on Mg-Nd alloy by
ultrasound-assisted chemical conversion. Results show that the prepared coating consists of …

New horizons of nonclassical crystallization

M Jehannin, A Rao, H Cölfen - Journal of the American …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Nonclassical crystallization (NCC) summarizes a number of crystallization pathways, which
differ from the classical layer-by-layer growth of crystals involving atomic/molecular building …

Designing solid materials from their solute state: a shift in paradigms toward a holistic approach in functional materials chemistry

D Gebauer, SE Wolf - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2019 - ACS Publications
“Non-classical” notions consider formation pathways of crystalline materials where larger
species than monomeric chemical constituents, ie, ions or single molecules, play crucial …

Chemical structure and complex growth modes of magnesium silicate hydrate: Nanoparticle orientation, aggregation, and fusion

D Singh, TTM Nguyen, E Bustamantes, A Wahab… - Cement and Concrete …, 2024 - Elsevier
The extent of utilization of magnesium silicate hydrate (MSH) in construction is limited partly
because of insufficient data ascertaining the kinetics of its precipitation. Here, MSH grown …

Comparison of carbonate precipitation induced by Curvibacter sp. HJ-1 and Arthrobacter sp. MF-2: further insight into the biomineralization process

C Zhang, X Li, J Lyu, F Li - Journal of Structural Biology, 2020 - Elsevier
Microorganisms are generally involved in the nucleation, growth and phase transformation
of carbonate minerals, and influence the development of their morphology and …

Effects of salinity, organic acids and alkalinity on the growth of calcite spherulites: Implications for evaporitic lacustrine sedimentation

R Mercedes‐Martín, A Rao, M Rogerson… - The Depositional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Lacustrine non‐skeletal carbonates exhibit a diversity of petrographies due to interactions
between physico‐chemical and biologically influenced mechanisms. Despite the suggestion …

Additives: Their Influence on the Humidity- and Pressure-Induced Crystallization of Amorphous CaCO3

H Du, C Courrégelongue, J Xto, A Böhlen… - Chemistry of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Nature possesses a unique control over the formation of CaCO3 crystals that imparts
fascinating mechanical properties to many CaCO3-based biomaterials. This high level of …

Solid-state phase transformation and self-assembly of amorphous nanoparticles into higher-order mineral structures

S Von Euw, T Azaïs, V Manichev… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Materials science has been informed by nonclassical pathways to crystallization, based on
biological processes, about the fabrication of damage-tolerant composite materials. Various …