From small molecules to entire organisms, evolution has refined biological structures at the
nanoscale, microscale and macroscale to be chiral—that is, mirror dissymmetric. Chirality …

The transformation of CO2 into a precipitated mineral carbonate through an ex situ mineral
carbonation route is considered a promising option for carbon capture and storage (CCS) …

As one of the most abundant materials in the world, calcium carbonate, CaCO3, is the main
constituent of the skeletons and shells of various marine organisms. It is used in the cement …

Predicting the conditions in which a compound adopts a metastable structure when it
crystallizes out of solution is an unsolved and fundamental problem in materials synthesis …

“Non-classical” notions consider formation pathways of crystalline materials where larger
species than monomeric chemical constituents, ie, ions or single molecules, play crucial …

Chirality is ubiquitous in biology, including in biomineralization, where it is found in many
hardened structures of invertebrate marine and terrestrial organisms (for example, spiralling …

Powder and single crystal Raman spectra of the two most common phases of calcium
carbonate are calculated with ab initio techniques (using a “hybrid” functional and a …

The importance of the metastable vaterite form of CaCO3 is increasingly appreciated as an
intermediate between amorphous calcium carbonate and more stable crystalline …

Biominerals are organic–mineral composites formed by living organisms. They are the
hardest and toughest tissues in those organisms, are often polycrystalline, and their …

Calcium carbonate binder is well-known to reduce the carbon footprint and brings great
economic and environmental benefits. However, the cementitious mechanism is unclear due …