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Calcium Carbonate Formation in the Presence of Biopolymeric Additives
Published on: May 14, 2019
Thermosensitive polymer controlled morphogenesis and phase discrimination of calcium carbonate
Jun Jiang1, Klaus Tauer, Yun-Hao Qiu
1Division of Nanomaterials & Chemistry, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Department of Chemistry, CAS Centre for Excellence in Nanoscience, Hefei Science Center of CAS, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China. shyu@ustc.edu.cn.
Abstract:
Homogeneous aragonite flowers with controlled surface structures can be synthesized by using a thermosensitive polymer, i.e. poly (ethylene glycol)-poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide)-poly(acrylamido methyl propane sulfonate) (PEG-PNIPAM-PAMPS), as a crystal growth modifier in the mineralization of calcium carbonate.

