[HTML][HTML] Calcium carbonate: controlled synthesis, surface functionalization, and nanostructured materials

YQ Niu, JH Liu, C Aymonier, S Fermani… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Calcium carbonate (CaCO3) is an important inorganic mineral in biological and geological
systems. Traditionally, it is widely used in plastics, papermaking, ink, building materials …

[HTML][HTML] Formations of calcium carbonate minerals by bacteria and its multiple applications

P Anbu, CH Kang, YJ Shin, JS So - Springerplus, 2016 - Springer
Biomineralization is a naturally occurring process in living organisms. In this review, we
discuss microbially induced calcium carbonate precipitation (MICP) in detail. In the MICP …

[HTML][HTML] Pre-nucleation clusters as solute precursors in crystallisation

D Gebauer, M Kellermeier, JD Gale… - Chemical Society …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Crystallisation is at the heart of various scientific disciplines, but still the understanding of the
molecular mechanisms underlying phase separation and the formation of the first solid …

[HTML][HTML] Biomineralization of calcium carbonates and their engineered applications: a review

NK Dhami, MS Reddy, A Mukherjee - Frontiers in microbiology, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Microbially induced calcium carbonate precipitation (MICCP) is a naturally occurring
biological process in which microbes produce inorganic materials as part of their basic …

In situ TEM imaging of CaCO3 nucleation reveals coexistence of direct and indirect pathways

MH Nielsen, S Aloni, JJ De Yoreo - Science, 2014 - science.org
Mechanisms of nucleation from electrolyte solutions have been debated for more than a
century. Recent discoveries of amorphous precursors and evidence for cluster aggregation …

Biomineralization: from material tactics to biological strategy

S Yao, B Jin, Z Liu, C Shao, R Zhao, X Wang… - Advanced …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Biomineralization is an important tactic by which biological organisms produce hierarchically
structured minerals with marvellous functions. Biomineralization studies typically focus on …

Microscopic Evidence for Liquid-Liquid Separation in Supersaturated CaCO3 Solutions

AF Wallace, LO Hedges, A Fernandez-Martinez… - Science, 2013 - science.org
Recent experimental observations of the onset of calcium carbonate (CaCO3) mineralization
suggest the emergence of a population of clusters that are stable rather than unstable as …

[HTML][HTML] Calcium-based biomaterials for diagnosis, treatment, and theranostics

C Qi, J Lin, LH Fu, P Huang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Calcium-based (CaXs) biomaterials including calcium phosphates, calcium carbonates,
calcium silicate and calcium fluoride have been widely utilized in the biomedical field owing …

Prenucleation clusters and non-classical nucleation

D Gebauer, H Cölfen - Nano Today, 2011 - Elsevier
In this contribution, we review the recent literature on an alternative crystallization pathway
involving stable clusters prior to nucleation and show that the prenucleation cluster pathway …

A classical view on nonclassical nucleation

PJM Smeets, AR Finney… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Understanding and controlling nucleation is important for many crystallization applications.
Calcium carbonate (CaCO3) is often used as a model system to investigate nucleation …