Oriented nucleation of CaCO3 from metastable solutions under Langmuir monolayers
journal contribution
posted on 2023-05-18, 14:15authored byWalker, JBA, Heywood, BR, Mann, S
The nucleation of CaCO<sub>3</sub> crystals from metastable solutions under Langmuir monolayers has been shown to be enhanced in the order, docosanoate > octadecylamine > octadecanol > control. Crystals nucleated under monolayers containing charged headgroups were preferentially oriented.