Interfacial reactions drive all elemental cycling on Earth and play pivotal roles in human
activities such as agriculture, water purification, energy production and storage …

Inorganic scaling caused by precipitation of sparingly soluble salts at supersaturation is a
common but critical issue, limiting the efficiency of membrane-based desalination and brine …

Crystallization by particle attachment (CPA) is a frequently occurring mechanism of colloidal
crystallization that results in hierarchical morphologies,,–. CPA has been exploited to create …

Sulfate scaling, as insoluble inorganic sulfate deposits, can cause serious operational
problems in various industries, such as blockage of membrane pores and subsurface media …

Scale formation is an important challenge in water and wastewater treatment systems.
However, due to the complex nature of membrane surfaces, the effects of specific membrane …

Phytoplankton productivity and export sequester climatically significant quantities of
atmospheric carbon dioxide as particulate organic carbon through a suite of processes …

Barite is widely used in oil and gas drilling and strategic emerging industries, and its
strategic position is becoming increasingly prominent. Based on a complex network …

Supramolecular structures of matrix proteins in mineralizing tissues are known to direct the
crystallization of inorganic materials. Here we demonstrate how such structures can be …

Coprecipitation of selenium oxyanions with barite is a facile way to sequester Se in the
environments. However, the chemical composition of Se-barite coprecipitates usually …

Solution crystallization of materials ranging from simple salts to complex supramolecular
assemblies has long been viewed through the lens of classical nucleation and growth …