Effect of Poly(acrylic acid) on Crystallization of Calcium Carbonate in a Hydrogel

CrystEngComm ◽  
2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong Lyun Kim ◽  
Yu Seob Shin ◽  
Sung Ho Yang

In a biological system, biomineral is regulated by a controlled mass transfer as well as an assistance of soluble and insoluble macromolecules. Inspired by biomineralization, calcium carbonate morphologies were controlled...

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

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


2018 ◽  
Vol 230 ◽  
pp. 143-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sudhina Guragain ◽  
Nagy L. Torad ◽  
Yousef Gamaan Alghamdi ◽  
Abdulmohsen Ali Alshehri ◽  
Jeonghun Kim ◽  
...  

Langmuir ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 1875-1879 ◽  
Author(s):  
Baptiste Guillemet ◽  
Michael Faatz ◽  
Franziska Gröhn ◽  
Gerhard Wegner ◽  
Yves Gnanou

Desalination ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 338 ◽  
pp. 93-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali A. Al-Hamzah ◽  
Christopher P. East ◽  
William O.S. Doherty ◽  
Christopher M. Fellows

2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 2928-2937 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norio Wada ◽  
Naohiro Horiuchi ◽  
Miho Nakamura ◽  
Tetsuo Hiyama ◽  
Akiko Nagai ◽  
...  

Materials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (20) ◽  
pp. 3339 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hak Yeong Kim ◽  
Taewook Yang ◽  
Wansoo Huh ◽  
Young-Je Kwark ◽  
Yunsang Lee ◽  
...  

Biomineralization of calcium carbonate has interesting characteristics of intricate morphology formation with controlled crystal polymorphs. In particular, modification of calcite morphology with diverse additives has been the focus of many biomimetic and bioinspired studies. The possible role of strontium ions in enhancing the morphology-modifying ability of macromolecules was investigated. In the present study, concentrations of strontium ions were comparable to that in seawater, and anionic poly(acrylic acid) and cationic poly(ethylene imine) were used as model macromolecules. When strontium ions were combined with anionic poly(acrylic acid), new types of calcite surfaces, most likely {hk0}, appeared to drastically change the morphology of the crystals, which was not observed with cationic poly(ethylene imine). This behavior of strontium ions was quite similar to that of magnesium ions, which is intriguing because both ions are available from seawater to be utilized during biomineralization.


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