A critical analysis of calcium carbonate mesocrystals.
A critical analysis of calcium carbonate mesocrystals.
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DOI:
10.1038/ncomms5341
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发表时间:
2014-07-11
影响因子:
16.6
通讯作者:
Meldrum, Fiona C.
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Kim, Yi-Yeoun;Schenk, Anna S.;Ihli, Johannes;Kulak, Alex N.;Hetherington, Nicola B. J.;Tang, Chiu C.;Schmahl, Wolfgang W.;Griesshaber, Erika;Hyett, Geoffrey;Meldrum, Fiona C.
The term mesocrystal has been widely used to describe crystals that form by oriented assembly, and that exhibit nanoparticle substructures. Using calcite crystals co-precipitated with polymers as a suitable test case, this article looks critically at the concept of mesocrystals. Here we demonstrate that the data commonly used to assign mesocrystal structure may be frequently misinterpreted, and that these calcite/polymer crystals do not have nanoparticle substructures. Although morphologies suggest the presence of nanoparticles, these are only present on the crystal surface. High surface areas are only recorded for crystals freshly removed from solution and are again attributed to a thin shell of nanoparticles on a solid calcite core. Line broadening in powder X-ray diffraction spectra is due to lattice strain only, precluding the existence of a nanoparticle sub-structure. Finally, study of the formation mechanism provides no evidence for crystalline precursor particles. A re-evaluation of existing literature on some mesocrystals may therefore be required. The term mesocrystal describes three-dimensional crystals formed by oriented assembly and that exhibit nanoparticle substructures. Here, the authors perform detailed structural analyses on synthetic calcium carbonate/polymer crystals, and show that common signatures used to assign mesocrystals may be unreliable.
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影响因子:
19
作者:
Ihli, Johannes;Bots, Pieter;Meldrum, Fiona C.
通讯作者:
Meldrum, Fiona C.
DOI:
10.1016/0369-643x(58)90029-x
发表时间:
1958-01-01
期刊:
NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS
影响因子:
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作者:
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通讯作者:
RICCI, FP
影响因子:
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作者:
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通讯作者:
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影响因子:
1.6
作者:
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通讯作者:
Darwin, CG
DOI:
10.6028/jres.109.010
发表时间:
2004-01
影响因子:
1.5
作者:
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通讯作者:
Fitch AN