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Modification of Surfaces with Vaterite CaCO3 Particles
Micromachines, 2022 Former studies have demonstrated a strong interest toward the crystallization of CaCO3 polymorphs in solution. Nowadays, CaCO3 crystallization on solid surfaces is extensively being studied using biomolecules as substrates for the control of the growth ...
Bushra Zafar +4 more
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Unlocking the mysterious polytypic features within vaterite CaCO3
Nature Communications, 2023 Calcium carbonate (CaCO3), the most abundant biogenic mineral on earth, plays a crucial role in various fields such as hydrosphere, biosphere, and climate regulation.
Xingyuan San +10 more
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Polycaprolactone-Based, Porous CaCO3 and Ag Nanoparticle Modified Scaffolds as a SERS Platform With Molecule-Specific Adsorption [PDF]
Frontiers in Chemistry, 2020 Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) is a high-performance technique allowing detection of extremely low concentrations of analytes. For such applications, fibrous polymeric matrices decorated with plasmonic metal nanostructures can be used as ...
Mariia Saveleva +6 more
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Microfluidic Vaterite Synthesis: Approaching the Nanoscale Particles
Nanomaterials, 2023 The challenge of continuous CaCO3 particle synthesis is addressed using microfluidic technology. A custom microfluidic chip was used to synthesize CaCO3 nanoparticles in vaterite form. Our focus revolved around exploring one-phase and two-phase synthesis
Ivan Reznik +6 more
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Mechanism of bacteriophage-induced vaterite formation
Scientific ReportsThis study shows how bacterial viruses (bacteriophages, phages) interact with calcium carbonate during precipitation from aqueous solution. Using electron microscopy, epifluorescence microscopy, X-ray diffraction, and image analysis, we demonstrate that ...
Andrzej Borkowski +5 more
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Nanosized vaterite production through organic-solvent-free indirect carbonation
Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 2023 Nanosized vaterite, which exhibits characteristics such as high specific surface area, porosity, and biocompatibility, has attracted research attention for use as a drug delivery material.
Sehun Kim +2 more
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Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021 Sagittal otoliths are calcareous structures in the inner ear of fishes involved in hearing and balance. They are usually composed of aragonite; however, aragonite can be replaced by vaterite, a deformity which is more common in hatchery-reared than in ...
Aurélien Delaval +4 more
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Technical Note: A simple method for vaterite precipitation for isotopic studies: implications for bulk and clumped isotope analysis [PDF]
Biogeosciences, 2015 Calcium carbonate (CaCO3) plays an important role in the natural environment as a major constituent of the skeleton and supporting structure of marine life and has high economic importance as an additive in food, chemicals and medical products ...
T. Kluge, T. Kluge, C. M. John
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Gilded Vaterite Optothermal Transport in a Bubble
Scientific Reports, 2023 Abstract Laser beams, capable to control the mechanical motion of micron-scale objects, can serve as a tool, enabling investigations of numerous interaction scenarios under full control. Beyond the pure electromagnetic interactions, giving rise to conventional gradient forces and radiation pressure, environment-induced thermal effects can play ...
Hod Gilad +6 more
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Optothermal Needle‐Free Injection of Vaterite Nanocapsules
Advanced Science, 2023 AbstractThe propulsion and acceleration of nanoparticles with light have both fundamental and applied significance across many disciplines. Needle‐free injection of biomedical nano cargoes into living tissues is among the examples. Here a new physical mechanism of laser‐induced particle acceleration is explored, based on abnormal optothermal expansion ...
Denis Kislov +6 more
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