Formation of Nanoparticles and Nanostructures-An Industrial Perspective on CaCO3, Cement, and Polymers

Identification of Binding Peptides on Calcium Silicate Hydrate: A Novel View on Cement Additives

(2014) Andreas Picker et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Pre-nucleation clusters as solute precursors in crystallisation

(2014) Denis Gebauer et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

In situ grafting polyethylene glycol chains onto amorphous calcium phosphate nanoparticles to improve the storage stability and organic solvent redispersibility

(2014) Jianbin Luo et al.   COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS

Structural Changes upon Dehydration of Amorphous Calcium Carbonate

(2014) Millicent P. Schmidt et al.   CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN

A nanocomposite superstructure of metal oxides with effective charge transfer interfaces

(2014) Zhenfeng Bian et al.   Nature Communications

Dehydration and crystallization of amorphous calcium carbonate in solution and in air

(2014) Johannes Ihli et al.   Nature Communications

A Straightforward Treatment of Activity in Aqueous CaCO3Solutions and the Consequences for Nucleation Theory

(2013) Matthias Kellermeier et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Pressure-Induced Polyamorphism and Formation of ‘Aragonitic’ Amorphous Calcium Carbonate

(2013) Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Bio-Inspired Materials Science at Its Best-Flexible Mesocrystals of Calcite

(2013) Denis Gebauer   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Nucleation of Organic Crystals-A Molecular Perspective

(2013) Roger J. Davey et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Variation in hybrid cements over time. Alkaline activation of fly ash–portland cement blends

(2013) I. García-Lodeiro et al.   CEMENT AND CONCRETE RESEARCH

Nucleation and growth of the Naica giant gypsum crystals

(2013) Fermín Otálora et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Kinetics and Mechanisms of Aggregative Nanocrystal Growth

(2013) Fudong Wang et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Effect of pH on the Kinetics of Crystal Growth by Oriented Aggregation

(2013) Nathan D. Burrows et al.   CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN

Poly (vinylsulfonic acid) assisted synthesis of aqueous solution stable vaterite calcium carbonate nanoparticles

(2013) Ashvin T. Nagaraja et al.   JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE

Mg2+ Tunes the Wettability of Liquid Precursors of CaCO3: Toward Controlling Mineralization Sites in Hybrid Materials

(2013) John K. Berg et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

The effect of silica on polymorphic precipitation of calcium carbonate: an on-line energy-dispersive X-ray diffraction (EDXRD) study

(2013) Matthias Kellermeier et al.   Nanoscale

Nucleation and growth of magnetite from solution

(2013) Jens Baumgartner et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Rationally Designed Complex, Hierarchical Microarchitectures

(2013) W. L. Noorduin et al.   SCIENCE

Flexible Minerals: Self-Assembled Calcite Spicules with Extreme Bending Strength

(2013) F. Natalio et al.   SCIENCE

Microscopic Evidence for Liquid-Liquid Separation in Supersaturated CaCO3 Solutions

(2013) A. F. Wallace et al.   SCIENCE

Oriented aggregation of calcium silicate hydrate platelets by the use of comb-like copolymers

(2013) Luc Nicoleau et al.   Soft Matter

Ion-association complexes unite classical and non-classical theories for the biomimetic nucleation of calcium phosphate

(2013) Wouter J. E. M. Habraken et al.   Nature Communications

Mechanism of aluminium incorporation into C–S–H from ab initio calculations

(2013) Luís Pegado et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Efficient charge separation and photooxidation on cobalt phosphate-loaded TiO2 mesocrystal superstructures

(2013) Takashi Tachikawa et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Colloidal Stabilization of Calcium Carbonate Prenucleation Clusters with Silica

(2012) Matthias Kellermeier et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Think Positive: Phase Separation Enables a Positively Charged Additive to Induce Dramatic Changes in Calcium Carbonate Morphology

(2012) Bram Cantaert et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Microdomain Transformations in Mosaic Mesocrystal Thin Films

(2012) Yuan Jiang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

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

(2012) Johannes Ihli et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

The Effect of Additives on Amorphous Calcium Carbonate (ACC): Janus Behavior in Solution and the Solid State

(2012) Johannes Ihli et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Biomineralization as an Inspiration for Materials Chemistry

(2012) Fabio Nudelman et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Calcium Carbonate Polyamorphism and Its Role in Biomineralization: How Many Amorphous Calcium Carbonates Are There?

(2012) Julyan H. E. Cartwright et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A reply to the discussion “Accelerated growth of calcium silicate hydrates: Experiments and simulations” by S. Bishnoi and K. Scrivener

(2012) Luc Nicoleau et al.   CEMENT AND CONCRETE RESEARCH

Silica Biomorphs: Complex Biomimetic Hybrid Materials from “Sand and Chalk”

(2012) Matthias Kellermeier et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Amino acids form prenucleation clusters: ESI-MS as a fast detection method in comparison to analytical ultracentrifugation

(2012) Matthias Kellermeier et al.   FARADAY DISCUSSIONS

Exploring the influence of organic species on pre- and post-nucleation calcium carbonate

(2012) Paolo Raiteri et al.   FARADAY DISCUSSIONS

A metastable liquid precursor phase of calcium carbonate and its interactions with polyaspartate

(2012) Mark A. Bewernitz et al.   FARADAY DISCUSSIONS

Precipitation of ACC in liposomes—a model for biomineralization in confined volumes

(2012) Chantel C. Tester et al.   FARADAY DISCUSSIONS

The thermodynamics of calcite nucleation at organic interfaces: Classical vs. non-classical pathways

(2012) Q. Hu et al.   FARADAY DISCUSSIONS

Polymer-induced liquid precursor (PILP) phases of calcium carbonate formed in the presence of synthetic acidic polypeptides—relevance to biomineralization

(2012) Anna S. Schenk et al.   FARADAY DISCUSSIONS

In situ observations of liquid–liquid phase separation in aqueous MgSO4 solutions: Geological and geochemical implications

(2012) Xiaolin Wang et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

The non-classical nucleation of crystals: microscopic mechanisms and applications to molecular crystals, ice and calcium carbonate

(2012) R P Sear   INTERNATIONAL MATERIALS REVIEWS

Additives stabilize calcium sulfate hemihydrate (bassanite) in solution

(2012) Yun-Wei Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Densification of C–S–H Measured by 1H NMR Relaxometry

(2012) Arnaud C. A. Muller et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Mesocrystals — Properties and Applications

(2012) Lei Zhou et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Reduced Graphene Oxide Conjugated Cu2O Nanowire Mesocrystals for High-Performance NO2 Gas Sensor

(2012) Suzi Deng et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Impact of Sodium Polyacrylate on the Amorphous Calcium Carbonate Formation from Supersaturated Solution

(2012) J. Liu et al.   LANGMUIR

Shear Free and Blotless Cryo-TEM Imaging: A New Method for Probing Early Evolution of Nanostructures

(2012) Jinkee Lee et al.   LANGMUIR

New Insights into the Transformation of Calcium Sulfate Hemihydrate to Gypsum Using Time-Resolved Cryogenic Transmission Electron Microscopy

(2012) Amitesh Saha et al.   LANGMUIR

Set in stone? A perspective on the concrete sustainability challenge

(2012) Krystyn Van Vliet et al.   MRS BULLETIN

Nucleus in a droplet

(2012) Peter G. Vekilov   NATURE MATERIALS

Amorphous nanoparticles — Experiments and computer simulations

(2012) Vo Van Hoang et al.   PHYSICS REPORTS-REVIEW SECTION OF PHYSICS LETTERS

Phase transitions in biogenic amorphous calcium carbonate

(2012) Y. U. T. Gong et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Role and Implications of Bassanite as a Stable Precursor Phase to Gypsum Precipitation

(2012) A. E. S. Van Driessche et al.   SCIENCE

The multiple effects of amino acids on the early stages of calcium carbonate crystallization

(2012) Andreas Picker et al.   Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie-Crystalline Materials

Crystallization Pathways in Biomineralization

(2011) Steve Weiner et al.   Annual Review of Materials Research

Recent advances in modeling for cementitious materials

(2011) Jorge S. Dolado et al.   CEMENT AND CONCRETE RESEARCH

Accelerated growth of calcium silicate hydrates: Experiments and simulations

(2011) Luc Nicoleau   CEMENT AND CONCRETE RESEARCH

Influence of nucleation seeding on the hydration kinetics and compressive strength of alkali activated slag paste

(2011) Mija H. Hubler et al.   CEMENT AND CONCRETE RESEARCH

From electrons to infrastructure: Engineering concrete from the bottom up

(2011) Hamlin M. Jennings et al.   CEMENT AND CONCRETE RESEARCH

Hydration of cementitious materials, present and future

(2011) Karen L. Scrivener et al.   CEMENT AND CONCRETE RESEARCH

A new precipitation pathway for calcium sulfate dihydrate (gypsum) via amorphous and hemihydrate intermediates

(2011) Yun-Wei Wang et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Applications of advanced hybrid organic–inorganic nanomaterials: from laboratory to market

(2011) Clément Sanchez et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

The energetics of nanophase calcite

(2011) Tori Z. Forbes et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Strong Stabilization of Amorphous Calcium Carbonate Emulsion by Ovalbumin: Gaining Insight into the Mechanism of ‘Polymer-Induced Liquid Precursor’ Processes

(2011) Stephan E. Wolf et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Prenucleation clusters and non-classical nucleation

(2011) Denis Gebauer et al.   Nano Today

Carbonate-coordinated metal complexes precede the formation of liquid amorphous mineral emulsions of divalent metal carbonates

(2011) Stephan E. Wolf et al.   Nanoscale

A transparent hybrid of nanocrystalline cellulose and amorphous calcium carbonate nanoparticles

(2011) Denis Gebauer et al.   Nanoscale

Green light stimulates terahertz emission from mesocrystal microspheres

(2011) X. L. Wu et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

How to control the scaling of CaCO3: a “fingerprinting technique” to classify additives

(2011) Andreas Verch et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Hierarchical self-assembly of amelogenin and the regulation of biomineralization at the nanoscale

(2011) P.-A. Fang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Stable prenucleation mineral clusters are liquid-like ionic polymers

(2011) Raffaella Demichelis et al.   Nature Communications

Amorphous Calcium Carbonate is Stabilized in Confinement

(2010) Christopher J. Stephens et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Proto-Calcite and Proto-Vaterite in Amorphous Calcium Carbonates

(2010) Denis Gebauer et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Molecular biomimetics: GEPI-based biological routes to technology

(2010) Candan Tamerler et al.   BIOPOLYMERS

Nanoporous Structure and Medium-Range Order in Synthetic Amorphous Calcium Carbonate

(2010) Andrew L. Goodwin et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Three-dimensional morphology of field-induced chain-like aggregates of superparamagnetic microparticles

(2010) P. Domínguez-García et al.   COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS

Par-delà la synthèse : l’auto-organisation

(2010) Jean-Marie Lehn   COMPTES RENDUS CHIMIE

Nucleation

(2010) Peter G. Vekilov   CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN

Relationships between Composition and Density of Tobermorite, Jennite, and Nanoscale CaO−SiO2−H2O

(2010) Jeffrey J. Thomas et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Synthesis of Polyacrylic Acid Stabilized Amorphous Calcium Carbonate Nanoparticles and Their Application for Removal of Toxic Heavy Metal Ions in Water

(2010) Guo-Bin Cai et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Stabilization of Amorphous Calcium Carbonate in Inorganic Silica-Rich Environments

(2010) Matthias Kellermeier et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Water Is the Key to Nonclassical Nucleation of Amorphous Calcium Carbonate

(2010) Paolo Raiteri et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Coil-Collapse and Coil-Aggregation due to the Interaction of Cu2+and Ca2+Ions with Anionic Polyacylate Chains in Dilute Solution

(2010) S. Lages et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Gram-scale, low-cost, rapid synthesis of highly stable Mg–ACC nanoparticles and their long-term preservation

(2010) Jun Jiang et al.   Nanoscale

Stabilization of amorphous calcium carbonate by controlling its particle size

(2010) Fabio Nudelman et al.   Nanoscale

The two-step mechanism of nucleation of crystals in solution

(2010) Peter G. Vekilov   Nanoscale

The kinetics and mechanisms of amorphous calcium carbonate (ACC) crystallization to calcite, viavaterite.

(2010) Juan Diego Rodriguez-Blanco et al.   Nanoscale

The role of collagen in bone apatite formation in the presence of hydroxyapatite nucleation inhibitors

(2010) Fabio Nudelman et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Transformation and crystallization energetics of synthetic and biogenic amorphous calcium carbonate

(2010) A. V. Radha et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Mimicking the Nanostructure of Bone: Comparison of Polymeric Process-Directing Agents

(2010) Taili T. Thula et al.   Polymers

Nucleation of Crystals from Solution: Classical and Two-Step Models

(2009) Deniz Erdemir et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Mesocrystals-Ordered Nanoparticle Superstructures

(2009) Rui-Qi Song et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Studying nucleation and growth kinetics of alite hydration using μic

(2009) Shashank Bishnoi et al.   CEMENT AND CONCRETE RESEARCH

Binding of Calcium and Carbonate to Polyacrylates

(2009) Gareth A. Tribello et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Influence of Nucleation Seeding on the Hydration Mechanisms of Tricalcium Silicate and Cement

(2009) Jeffrey J. Thomas et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Surface and Intercalation Chemistry of Polycarboxylate Copolymers in Cementitious Systems

(2009) Claire Giraudeau et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY

Mesoflowers: A new class of highly efficient surface-enhanced Raman active and infrared-absorbing materials

(2009) Panikkanvalappil Ravindranathan Sajanlal et al.   Nano Research

Progress of nanocrystalline growth kinetics based on oriented attachment

(2009) Jing Zhang et al.   Nanoscale

A realistic molecular model of cement hydrates

(2009) R. J.-M. Pellenq et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Nanogranular origin of concrete creep

(2009) M. Vandamme et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Merger of structure and material in nacre and bone – Perspectives on de novo biomimetic materials

(2009) Horacio D. Espinosa et al.   PROGRESS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE

The Initial Stages of Template-Controlled CaCO3 Formation Revealed by Cryo-TEM

(2009) E. M. Pouget et al.   SCIENCE

Nanosegregated Amorphous Composites of Calcium Carbonate and an Organic Polymer

(2008) Yuya Oaki et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

The Multiple Roles of Additives in CaCO3Crystallization: A Quantitative Case Study

(2008) Denis Gebauer et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

A 29Si MAS NMR study of modified C–S–H nanostructures

(2008) James J. Beaudoin et al.   CEMENT & CONCRETE COMPOSITES

Influence of limestone on the hydration of Portland cements

(2008) Barbara Lothenbach et al.   CEMENT AND CONCRETE RESEARCH

Refinements to colloid model of C-S-H in cement: CM-II

(2008) Hamlin M. Jennings   CEMENT AND CONCRETE RESEARCH

Biomimetic Model Systems for Investigating the Amorphous Precursor Pathway and Its Role in Biomineralization

(2008) Laurie B. Gower   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Controlling Mineral Morphologies and Structures in Biological and Synthetic Systems

(2008) Fiona C. Meldrum et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

The roles of water and polyelectrolytes in the phase transformation of amorphous calcium carbonate

(2008) Xu-Rong Xu et al.   JOURNAL OF CRYSTAL GROWTH

Controlling the Assembly of Nanocrystalline ZnO Films by a Transient Amorphous Phase in Solution

(2008) Peter Lipowsky et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Early Homogenous Amorphous Precursor Stages of Calcium Carbonate and Subsequent Crystal Growth in Levitated Droplets

(2008) Stephan E. Wolf et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Analysis of the Nucleation and Growth of Amorphous CaCO3by Means of Time-Resolved Static Light Scattering

(2008) Jianing Liu et al.   LANGMUIR

Stable Prenucleation Calcium Carbonate Clusters

(2008) Denis Gebauer et al.   SCIENCE

Tough, Bio-Inspired Hybrid Materials

(2008) E. Munch et al.   SCIENCE

Mesocrystals: A New Class of Solid Materials

(2008) Lei Zhou et al.   Small

Compositional analysis of a polymer-induced liquid-precursor (PILP) amorphous CaCO3 phase

(2007) Lijun Dai et al.   JOURNAL OF NON-CRYSTALLINE SOLIDS