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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Templated Crystallisation of Calcium and Strontium Carbonates on Centred Rectangular Self-Assembled Monolayer Substrates

Matthias SchaubGabriele NellesJörg KütherWolfgang TremelRam SeshadriHans-jürgen Butt

subject

StrontiumChemistryAragoniteOrganic Chemistrychemistry.chemical_elementCrystal growthSelf-assembled monolayerGeneral Chemistryengineering.materialCatalysisStrontianiteCrystallographyMonolayerengineeringIsostructuralBiomineralization

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SrCO3crystals display patterns of templating when grown on tailored self-assembled monolayers (right). As SrCO3 is isostructural with aragonite, comparison of the crystallisation of SrCO3 in the aragonite/strontianite modification with the crystallisation of CaCO3 in all three modifications might yield some insights into which factors are important for crystal growth.

https://doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1521-3765(19980904)4:9<1834::aid-chem1834>3.0.co;2-6