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Polymer-mediated crystallisation of inorganic solids: Calcite nucleation on the surfaces of inorganic polymers
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Wong, KKW and Brisdon, BJ and Heywood, BR and Hodson, AGW and Mann, S, Polymer-mediated crystallisation of inorganic solids: Calcite nucleation on the surfaces of inorganic polymers, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 4, (9) pp. 1387-1392. ISSN 0959-9428 (1994) [Refereed Article]
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Abstract
Nucleation of calcite from supersaturated calcium hydrogencarbonate solution has been achieved on the surfaces of poly(dimethylsiloxane) films formed by cross-linking in the presence of catalytic quantities of dibutyltindilaurate or zinc octanoate. Films containing high concentrations of the diorganotin catalyst produced, in addition to calcite, amorphous calcium silicate and calcium silanolate under similar conditions. Polar functional groups incorporated into the polysiloxane network served to promote calcite growth, but prolonged heating of all films at 90°C rendered them inactive.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Research Division: | Chemical Sciences |
| Research Group: | Physical Chemistry (incl. Structural) |
| Research Field: | Structural Chemistry and Spectroscopy |
| Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
| Objective Group: | Expanding Knowledge |
| Objective Field: | Expanding Knowledge in the Chemical Sciences |
| Author: | Heywood, BR (Professor Brigid Heywood) |
| ID Code: | 104438 |
| Year Published: | 1994 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 15 |
| Deposited By: | Research Division |
| Deposited On: | 2015-11-11 |
| Last Modified: | 2015-12-21 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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