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Self-organized formation of a hierarchical self-similar structure with calcium carbonate
Hiroaki Imai1, Tomohiro Terada, Satoshi Yamabi
1Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, Hiyoshi, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama 223-8522, Japan. hiroaki@applc.keio.ac.jp
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
|March 18, 2003
Abstract:
Self-organized growth of calcite crystals in a supersaturated solution with a gradual increase in the influence of silicate anions resulted in the formation of a hierarchical self-similar morphology consisting of three-pointed stars with sizes ranging from 100 nm to 100 micrometer.