title: Ethanol assisted synthesis of pure and stable amorphous calcium carbonate nanoparticles.
abstract: Stable monodispersed amorphous calcium carbonate (ACC) nanoparticles can be synthesized in ethanol media by a facile method, and crystallization of ACC is kinetically controlled, resulting in the formation of three polymorphs in a mixed solvent of ethanol-water at different pH values.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nanomaterials and Chemistry, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P. R. China. shyu@ustc.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Shao-Feng
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Helmut
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cölfen
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Antonietti
authors.forename: Shu-Hong
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Yu
mesh_terms: D002119:Calcium Carbonate / Q000737:chemistry*; D003460:Crystallization; D000431:Ethanol / Q000737:chemistry*; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D036103:Nanotechnology; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D014867:Water; D000431:Ethanol; D002119:Calcium Carbonate