Molecular Construction of Oriented Inorganic Materials: Controlled Nucleation of Calcite and Aragonite under Compressed Langmuir Monolayers

• Published in: Chemistry of materials Vol. 6; no. 3; pp. 311 - 318
• Main Authors: Heywood, Brigid R, Mann, Stephen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC American Chemical Society 01-03-1994
• Subjects: Chemistry; Condensed matter: structure, mechanical and thermal properties; Cross-disciplinary physics: materials science; rheology; Exact sciences and technology; General and physical chemistry; Materials science; Methods of crystal growth; physics of crystal growth; Physics; Solid-fluid interfaces; Solid-liquid interface; Surface physical chemistry; Surfaces and interfaces; thin films and whiskers (structure and nonelectronic properties); Theory and models of crystal growth; physics of crystal growth, crystal morphology and orientation; Theory and models of film growth; Inorganic compounds; Crystal orientation; Ternary compounds; Calcium carbonates; Experimental study; Preferred orientation; Langmuir layer; Anionic surfactant; Precipitation; Monolayers; Crystal growth from solutions; Crystal nucleation; Solid-fluid interfaces
• ISSN: 0897-4756; 1520-5002
• DOI: 10.1021/cm00039a011