Programming amphiphilic peptoid oligomers for hierarchical assembly and inorganic crystallization

B Cai, Z Li, CL Chen - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2020 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Natural organisms make a wide variety of exquisitely complex, nano-, micro-,
and macroscale structured materials in an energy-efficient and highly reproducible manner …

The dynamic nature of natural and fatty acid modified calcite surfaces

PM Claesson, NA Wojas, R Corkery… - Physical Chemistry …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Calcium carbonate, particularly in the form of calcite, is an abundant mineral widely used in
both human-made products and biological systems. The calcite surface possesses a high …

Crystallization of CaCO3 in Water–Alcohol Mixtures: Spherulitic Growth, Polymorph Stabilization, and Morphology Change

KK Sand, JD Rodriguez-Blanco… - Crystal Growth & …, 2012 - ACS Publications
The presence of alcohol in binary alcohol–water mixtures can affect the precipitation
pathways of anhydrous crystalline CaCO3 polymorphs and their morphology. We explored …

Is the calcite–water interface understood? Direct comparisons of molecular dynamics simulations with specular X-ray reflectivity data

P Fenter, S Kerisit, P Raiteri… - The Journal of Physical …, 2013 - ACS Publications
New insights into the understanding of calcite–water interface structure are obtained through
direct comparisons of multiple classical molecular dynamics (MD) simulations with high …

Polysaccharide-catalyzed nucleation and growth of disordered dolomite: A potential precursor of sedimentary dolomite

F Zhang, H Xu, H Konishi… - American …, 2012 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The origin of dolomite is a long-standing enigma in sedimentary geology. It has been
proposed that microorganisms, especially anaerobic microorganisms, can overcome kinetic …

Functional group adsorption on calcite: I. Oxygen containing and nonpolar organic molecules

E Ataman, MP Andersson, M Ceccato… - The Journal of …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Considerable interest in calcite crystallization has prompted many studies on organic
molecule adsorption. However, each study has explored only a few compounds, using …

Dissolved sulfide-catalyzed precipitation of disordered dolomite: Implications for the formation mechanism of sedimentary dolomite

F Zhang, H Xu, H Konishi, JM Kemp, EE Roden… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2012 - Elsevier
Dolomite is a common mineral in the rock record. However, the rarity of modern dolomite
and the notorious difficulty in synthesizing dolomite abiotically under normal Earth-surface …

Elucidating Mechanisms of Diffusion‐Based Calcium Carbonate Synthesis Leads to Controlled Mesocrystal Formation

J Ihli, P Bots, A Kulak, LG Benning… - Advanced Functional …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Aggregation‐based crystal growth often gives rise to crystals with complex morphologies
which cannot be generated via classical growth processes. Despite this, understanding of …

Molecular dynamics simulation of hydrocarbon molecule adsorption on kaolinite (0 0 1) surface

Y Ma, G Lu, C Shao, X Li - Fuel, 2019 - Elsevier
Molecular dynamics simulation method was used to systematically study the adsorption
configuration, density distribution and adsorption energy of H 2 O, CO 2, CH 4, N 2, C 8 H 18 …

Organic controls over biomineral Ca–Mg carbonate compositions and morphologies

Y Fang, S Lee, H Xu, GA Farfan - Crystal Growth & Design, 2023 - ACS Publications
Calcium carbonate minerals, such as aragonite and calcite, are widespread in biomineral
skeletons, shells, exoskeletons, and more. With rapidly increasing p CO2 levels linked to …