Inorganic Self-Organized Silica Aragonite Biomorphic Composites

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2008

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Voinescu, Alina E
Kellermeier, Matthias
Bartel, Bjorn
Carnerup, Anna
Larsson, Ann-Kristin
Touraud, Didier
Kunz, Werner
Kienle, A
Pfitzner, Arno
Hyde, Stephen

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American Chemical Society

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The precipitation of calcium carbonate in alkaline silica solutions results in the formation of complex curvilinear forms if aragonite formation is encouraged by growth at an elevated temperature (80 °C). The resulting coralline self-assembled silica-cal

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Crystal Growth & Design

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