Advanced Materials, Vol.20, No.7, 1333-1333, 2008
Polymer-mediated mineralization and self-similar mesoscale-organized calcium carbonate with unusual superstructures
The growth of calcium carbonate (calcite) mesocrystals with self similar unique hierarchical superstructures is successfully realized by polymer-controlled crystallization. A mechanism involving the self-organization of smaller inorganic building blocks during the crystallization of calcium carbonate is proposed.