[HTML][HTML] Carbonation mechanisms and kinetics of lime-based binders: An overview

C Rodriguez-Navarro, T Ilić, E Ruiz-Agudo… - Cement and Concrete …, 2023 - Elsevier
The reaction of slaked lime with atmospheric CO 2 in the presence of humidity leads to the
formation of cementing carbonate phases in traditional aerial lime mortars and plasters. This …

DNA nanostructures as templates for biomineralization

D Athanasiadou, KMM Carneiro - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2021 - nature.com
Nature uses extracellular matrix scaffolds to organize biominerals into hierarchical structures
over various length scales. This has inspired the design of biomimetic mineralization …

New horizons of nonclassical crystallization

M Jehannin, A Rao, H Cölfen - Journal of the American …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Nonclassical crystallization (NCC) summarizes a number of crystallization pathways, which
differ from the classical layer-by-layer growth of crystals involving atomic/molecular building …

Designing solid materials from their solute state: a shift in paradigms toward a holistic approach in functional materials chemistry

D Gebauer, SE Wolf - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2019 - ACS Publications
“Non-classical” notions consider formation pathways of crystalline materials where larger
species than monomeric chemical constituents, ie, ions or single molecules, play crucial …

[HTML][HTML] Transformation of amorphous calcium carbonate in the presence of magnesium, phosphate, and mineral surfaces

Z Molnár, I Dódony, M Pósfai - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2023 - Elsevier
Amorphous calcium carbonate (ACC) is known as a precursor to crystalline calcium
carbonate polymorphs (CaCO 3) in various natural and synthetic systems. While ACC has …

Phase transformation mechanism of amorphous calcium phosphate to hydroxyapatite investigated by liquid-cell transmission electron microscopy

B **, Z Liu, C Shao, J Chen, L Liu, R Tang… - Crystal Growth & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Crystallization via phase transformation of a metastable precursor is a ubiquitous and
effective strategy used by living systems to direct the growth of crystalline nanomaterials with …

Amorphous and crystalline calcium carbonate phases during carbonation of nanolimes: implications in heritage conservation

C Rodriguez-Navarro, K Elert, R Ševčík - CrystEngComm, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanolimes are alcohol dispersions of colloidal Ca (OH) 2 nanoparticles used as novel
nanomaterials for the conservation of cultural heritage. Upon exposure to atmospheric CO2 …

New insights into the nucleation of portlandite and the effects of polymeric additives

B Madeja, D Gebauer, MR Marsiske, A Ott… - Cement and Concrete …, 2023 - Elsevier
The crystallization of calcium hydroxide (Ca (OH) 2, CH, portlandite) is a key process during
the early stages of cement hydration. In the present work, we have revisited the formation of …

Solid‐state transformation of amorphous calcium carbonate to aragonite captured by cryoTEM

JM Walker, B Marzec… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Early‐stage reaction mechanisms for aragonite‐promoting systems are relatively unknown
compared to the more thermodynamically stable calcium carbonate polymorph, calcite …

Nonclassical crystallization in vivo et in vitro (II): Nanogranular features in biomimetic minerals disclose a general colloid-mediated crystal growth mechanism

C Rodríguez-Navarro, E Ruiz-Agudo, J Harris… - Journal of structural …, 2016 - Elsevier
Recent research has shown that biominerals and their biomimetics (i) typically form via an
amorphous precursor phase, and (ii) commonly display a nanogranular texture. Apparently …