Calcium carbonate mineralization in chiral mesomorphic order-retaining ethyl cellulose/poly(acrylic acid) composite films

Polymer ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 139 ◽  
pp. 26-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayaka Katsumura ◽  
Kazuki Sugimura ◽  
Yoshiyuki Nishio
2014 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 591-598 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.M.M.G.P.G. Mantilaka ◽  
R.M.G. Rajapakse ◽  
D.G.G.P. Karunaratne ◽  
H.M.T.G.A. Pitawala

2000 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 2548-2552 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasuo Gotoh ◽  
(the late) Ryo Igarashi ◽  
Yutaka Ohkoshi ◽  
Masanobu Nagura ◽  
Kensuke Akamatsu ◽  
...  

2000 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 92-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masahiro Suzuki ◽  
Naomi Takada ◽  
Toshiki Koyama ◽  
Satoshi Kobayashi ◽  
Mutsumi Kimura ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 23-30
Author(s):  
Michael Ikpi Ofem

The need for the possibility of producing calcium carbonate crystals by the evaporation method within five minutes and the growth of different calcium carbonate polymorphs on chitin whiskers within the same time frame at room temperature necessitated these report. Chitin whiskers (CHWs) were used as insoluble substrates, while poly (acrylic) acid (PAA) is used as soluble additive. The crystals were grown in chitin whiskers, Poly (acrylic) acid and CHW/PAA composites. The volume fractions for aragonite, vaterite, and calcite are 0.10, 0.25, and 0.65, respectively, in the absence of chitin whiskers or Poly (acrylic) acid. Calcite and aragonite volume fractions decrease in favour of vaterite when PAA and or CHWs were added. SEM images in the absence of CHWs and PAA shows rhombohedral calcites that display steady and step like plane appearances with an average edge of between 1.3 and 1.4 μm. In the presence of only CHWs, the SEM images show a mixture of ellipsoidal and spherical shape vaterites. The spherical vaterites have smooth, rough, and some irregular surfaces. Rod-like aragonite polymorphs were seen when only PAA was used as the template. In the presence of both PAA and CHWs, the rhombohedral shape showed roughness with irregular faces. Keywords: Chitin whisker, Calcium carbonate, Calcium, vaterite aragonite, Polymorph, Mole fraction


2006 ◽  
Vol 922 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Liu ◽  
Jaime C. Grunlan

AbstractPoly(acrylic acid) (PAA) and poly(allylamine hydrochloride) (PAH) were used to tailor the microstructure of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) in both aqueous solutions and dry composite films. Microstructural changes were achieved as the pH of aqueous suspensions were changed, as evidenced by elevated suspension viscosity, scanning electron microscopy and electrical conductivity measurements. The ability to tailor microstructure is useful for aqueous SWNT processing and solid polymer nanocomposites.


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2006 ◽  
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pp. 7927-7934 ◽  
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Wenyong Liu ◽  
Benqiao He ◽  
Dawa Shen ◽  
Lin Ma ◽  
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Nagy L. Torad ◽  
Yousef Gamaan Alghamdi ◽  
Abdulmohsen Ali Alshehri ◽  
Jeonghun Kim ◽  
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