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Nanostructured Calcite Single Crystals with Gyroid Morphologies

  1. Alexander S. Finnemore1,
  2. Maik R. J. Scherer1,
  3. Richard Langford1,
  4. Sumeet Mahajan1,
  5. Sabine Ludwigs2,
  6. Fiona C. Meldrum3,
  7. Ullrich Steiner1,2,*

Article first published online: 28 AUG 2009

DOI: 10.1002/adma.200900615

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Advanced Materials

Advanced Materials

Volume 21, Issue 38-39, pages 3928–3932, October 19, 2009

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How to Cite

Finnemore, A. S., Scherer, M. R. J., Langford, R., Mahajan, S., Ludwigs, S., Meldrum, F. C. and Steiner, U. (2009), Nanostructured Calcite Single Crystals with Gyroid Morphologies. Adv. Mater., 21: 3928–3932. doi: 10.1002/adma.200900615

Author Information

  1. 1

    Department of Physics, University of Cambridge J. J. Thomson Avenue, CB3 0HE (UK)

  2. 2

    Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS) University of Freiburg D-79104 Freiburg (Germany)

  3. 3

    School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT (UK)

*Department of Physics, University of Cambridge J. J. Thomson Avenue, CB3 0HE (UK).

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 16 OCT 2009
  2. Article first published online: 28 AUG 2009
  3. Manuscript Revised: 19 JUN 2009
  4. Manuscript Received: 20 FEB 2009

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Keywords:

  • Biomineralization;
  • Calcite;
  • Gyroid;
  • Template;
  • TPMS
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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.

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