Crystallization

A Hydrated Crystalline Calcium Carbonate Phase: Calcium Carbonate Hemihydrate

As one of the most abundant materials in the world, calcium carbonate, CaCO3, is the main constituent of the skeletons and shells of …

Zhaoyong Zou, Wouter J. E. M. Habraken, Galina Matveeva, Anders C. S. Jensen, Luca Bertinetti, Matthew A. Hood, Chang-Yu Sun, Pupa U. P. A. Gilbert, Iryna Polishchuk, Boaz Pokroy, Julia Mahamid, Yael Politi, Steve Weiner, Peter Werner, Sebastian Bette, Robert Dinnebier, Ute Kolb, Emil Zolotoyabko, Peter Fratzl

Reentrant phase transformation from crystalline ikaite to amorphous calcium carbonate

We report the spontaneous transformation of highly hydrated crystalline ikaite into less hydrated amorphous calcium carbonate (ACC), …

Zhaoyong Zou, Luca Bertinetti, Wouter J. E. M. Habraken, Peter Fratzl

Opposite Particle Size Effect on Amorphous Calcium Carbonate Crystallization in Water and during Heating in Air

Calcium carbonate is a common constituent of many natural materials, such as shells and skeletons of marine animals. While it is …

Zhaoyong Zou, Luca Bertinetti, Yael Politi, Anders C. S. Jensen, Steve Weiner, Lia Addadi, Peter Fratzl, Wouter J. E. M. Habraken