Superstructures of Calcium Carbonate Crystals by Oriented Attachment
Crystal Growth & Design2005Vol. 5(4), pp. 1317–1319
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Abstract
Crystalline hexagonal-shaped superstructures of calcium carbonate, synthesized in the presence of ammonia, are shown to be assembled by a three-dimensional oriented attachment of vaterite nanoparticles. This unusual crystallographic lock-in mechanism enables the formation of complicated rounded structures with a crystallographic orientation from nanosized building blocks, which has so far only been found for transition metal systems.
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