title: Gram-scale, low-cost, rapid synthesis of highly stable Mg-ACC nanoparticles and their long-term preservation.
abstract: A simple chemistry route is reported for the gram-scale, low-cost, rapid synthesis of highly stable Mg-ACC nanoparticles. The possible structure of Mg-ACC can be defined as Mg₀.₁₅Ca₀.₈₅CO₃·H₂O₀.₈₅. The molar ratio of Mg²(+):Ca²(+):CO₃²⁻and the concentrations of the reactants (CaCl₂, Na₂CO₃, and MgCl₂) play important roles in the Mg:Ca molar ratio of the obtained Mg-ACC nanoparticles. In particular, Mg-ACC can be preserved for over one year without crystallization by either storing its dry powder at -5°C or storing it in ethanol at 5°C. The ability to synthesize Mg-ACC nanoparticles on a large scale is useful for biomineralization studies and industrial applications.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nanomaterials and Chemistry, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, PR China.
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Min-Rui
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Yun-Hao
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Qiu
authors.forename: Shu-Hong
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Yu