Journal
CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN
Volume 10, Issue 11, Pages 4722-4727Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/cg100294p
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Funding
- National Basic Research Program of China [2005CB623903, 2007CB936102]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [30970729]
- Sichuan Provincial SIP [05 SG022-012]
- Doctoral Programs Foundation of Ministry of Education of China [20090181110067]
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In this paper, we report the controlled crystallization of calcite by using hyaluronan, a primary constituent oldie extracellular substance. Unusual toplike asymmetric calcite crystals with a single extensive (00.1) exposed face were harvested. in contrast to the {10.4} rhombohedral calcite obtained without any additives. The size of the crystal together with peculiar cap structural modifications could be modulated easily,by altering the Hya concentration, possibly due to three-dimensional Hya templating crystallization control. SEM, XRPD, FT-IR thermogravimetric analyses, and staining experiments with charged dyes were adopted for characterizing the morphology, predominant crystallographic orientations, phase, and the (001) face of the crystal and describing the breaking of the morphological symmetry.
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