Well-defined star-shaped calcite crystals formed in agarose gels.
Single crystals of calcite exhibiting a morphology of well-defined 8-armed stars, which evolved from original rhombohedral calcite crystals with their 8 points extending radially into eight arms, were produced by crystallization of CaCO3 in agarose gels.
Yang
Dong
D
State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Stable and Unstable Species, College of Chemistry, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P.R. China.
Qi
Limin
L
Ma
Jiming
J
D002119:Calcium Carbonate / Q000737:chemistry*; D003460:Crystallization; D004587:Electrophoresis, Agar Gel; D020100:Hydrogels / Q000737:chemistry*; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D000461:Rhodophyta; D012685:Sepharose / Q000737:chemistry*
D020100:Hydrogels; D012685:Sepharose; D002119:Calcium Carbonate