title: Calcium carbonate nanotablets: bridging artificial to natural nacre.
abstract: Single-crystalline CaCO(3) nanotablets are synthesized in large quantities through oriented attachment of pristine nanoparticles. The prepared nanotablets can serve as genuine building blocks for the construction of nacreous inorganic-organic hybrids, through which freestanding films and monoliths with tunable composition and mechanical properties are fabricated. These newly available CaCO(3) crystal tablets may also serve as a starting platform for future CaCO(3) research.
authors.affiliation: NUS Graduate School for Integrative Sciences and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
authors.forename: Xuan Qi
authors.initials: XQ
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Hua Chun
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Zeng
mesh_terms: D001688:Biological Products / Q000737:chemistry*; D002119:Calcium Carbonate / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D055595:Mechanical Phenomena; D060734:Nacre / Q000737:chemistry*; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D001688:Biological Products; D060734:Nacre; D002119:Calcium Carbonate