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Water: How Does It Influence the CaCO 3 Formation?
Author(s) -
Du Huachuan,
Amstad Esther
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201903662
Subject(s) - composition (language) , nanotechnology , materials science , relevance (law) , biochemical engineering , chemistry , engineering , philosophy , linguistics , political science , law
Nature produces biomineral‐based materials with a fascinating set of properties using only a limited number of elements. This set of properties is obtained by closely controlling the structure and local composition of the biominerals. We are far from achieving the same degree of control over the properties of synthetic biomineral‐based composites. One reason for this inferior control is our incomplete understanding of the influence of the synthesis conditions and additives on the structure and composition of the forming biominerals. In this Review, we provide an overview of the current understanding of the influence of synthesis conditions and additives during different formation stages of CaCO 3 , one of the most abundant biominerals, on the structure, composition, and properties of the resulting CaCO 3 crystals. In addition, we summarize currently known means to tune these parameters. Throughout the Review, we put special emphasis on the role of water in mediating the formation of CaCO 3 and thereby influencing its structure and properties, an often overlooked aspect that is of high relevance.