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Calcite Growth in Hydrogels: Assessing the Mechanism of Polymer‐Network Incorporation into Single Crystals
Author(s) -
Li Hanying,
Estroff Lara A.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.200801498
Subject(s) - self healing hydrogels , calcite , materials science , agarose , crystallization , chemical engineering , polymer , nanotechnology , polymer chemistry , mineralogy , composite material , chromatography , chemistry , engineering
Calcite crystals grown in agarose hydrogels incorporate the gel network while retaining their single‐crystal nature. The amount of gel network that is incorporated is determined by two competing factors: crystallization pressure promotes the exclusion of the gel network, while faster growth rates favor its incorporation.