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Back Cover: Tuning the Stability of CaCO 3 Crystals with Magnesium Ions for the Formation of Aragonite Thin Films on Organic Polymer Templates (Chem. Asian J. 12/2013)
Author(s) -
Zhu Fangjie,
Nishimura Tatsuya,
Sakamoto Takeshi,
Tomono Hidekazu,
Nada Hiroki,
Okumura Yasushi,
Kikuchi Hirotsugu,
Kato Takashi
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
chemistry – an asian journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.18
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1861-471X
pISSN - 1861-4728
DOI - 10.1002/asia.201390047
Subject(s) - aragonite , vinyl alcohol , biomineralization , materials science , chemical engineering , thin film , magnesium , polymer , matrix (chemical analysis) , nanotechnology , composite material , calcium carbonate , engineering , metallurgy
Molecular Dynamics Biominerals have an organic–inorganic hybrid nature and hierarchical structures. A promising way to obtain environmentally benign and functional materials is to mimic the self‐organization processes of biomineralization and the elaborate structures of biominerals. In their Full Paper on page 3002 ff., Tatsuya Nishimura, Takashi Kato et al. report on aragonite thin‐film composites that have been obtained by using magnesium ions as an additive in combination with poly(vinyl alcohol) as a matrix. The image on the Back Cover shows a polarizing optical micrograph of obtained thin‐film CaCO 3 crystals grown on the PVA matrix with an overlay of a simulated structure of the system.