Nanostructured Calcite Single Crystals with Gyroid Morphologies

Gyroid‐structured calcite crystals are grown by templating though self‐assembled copolymer films. The remarkable triply periodic minimal surface is perfectly replicated on the nanometer scale, while single crystallinity is maintained. This is a wholly synthetic route to a crystal morphology found in...

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Published in:Advanced materials (Weinheim) 2009-10, Vol.21 (38-39), p.3928-3932
Main Authors: Finnemore, Alexander S., Scherer, Maik R. J., Langford, Richard, Mahajan, Sumeet, Ludwigs, Sabine, Meldrum, Fiona C., Steiner, Ullrich
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biomineralization
Calcite
Gyroid
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TPMS
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Summary:Gyroid‐structured calcite crystals are grown by templating though self‐assembled copolymer films. The remarkable triply periodic minimal surface is perfectly replicated on the nanometer scale, while single crystallinity is maintained. This is a wholly synthetic route to a crystal morphology found in biological systems, only on a smaller length scale.
ISSN:0935-9648
1521-4095
DOI:10.1002/adma.200900615