Biomimetic assembly of calcite microtrumpets: crystal tectonics in actionElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: XRD pattern of trumpet-shaped structure. See http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/cc/b4/b401754d/

Abstract

Crystallisation of calcium carbonate in the presence of the polycarboxylate 1,3-diamino-2-hydroxypropane-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetate results in the formation of "microtrumpets" composed of nanocrystalline calcite.

Modelling calcium carbonate biomineralisation processes

“…We find that once we have only small amounts of the polycarboxylate present microtrumpets of calcite are produced [17] which are composed of what appear to be long nanocrystals of calcium carbonate (Fig. 7).…”

Construction of coral-like complex: Controlled growth of vaterite submicron hairs on flat films and hemispheres

“…It has been revealed that organic macromolecules play an important role in the assembly and growth of inorganic crystals in biological systems [3][4][5][6][7], which can control the phase, crystallinity, orientation and morphology of resulted mineral. The calcium carbonates with various morphologies, such as microtrumpets [8], hollow porous shell [9] and micropatterned single crystals [10], etc. have already been biomimetically prepared in laboratories.…”

Foldamer‐based Molecular Recognition

“…These include conformationally constrained peptides [95], polymers [96][97][98][99][100][101], self-assembled monolayers [102][103][104][105], other supramolecular assemblies [106] and small molecules [107][108][109][110][111] and have been reviewed elsewhere [85,[112][113][114]. These include conformationally constrained peptides [95], polymers [96][97][98][99][100][101], self-assembled monolayers [102][103][104][105], other supramolecular assemblies [106] and small molecules [107][108][109][110][111] and have been reviewed elsewhere [85,[112][113][114].…”