Microemulsion-based synthesis of stacked calcium carbonate (calcite) superstructures.
Synthesis of calcium carbonate in water-in-oil microemulsions results in the spontaneous formation of stacked superstructures of 20 nm-thick pseudo-hexagonal calcite plates in crystallographic register.
School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK BS8 1TS.
Chulanapa
C
Viravaidya
Mei
M
Li
Stephen
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Mann