Issue 47, 2016
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CrystEngComm

Switchable oriented attachment and detachment of calcite nanocrystals†

Mihiro Takasaki,a   Yuya Oakia  and  Hiroaki Imai*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, 3-14-1 Hiyoshi, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama 223-8522, Japan
E-mail: hiroaki@applc.keio.ac.jp

Abstract

Switchable oriented attachment, i.e. reversible attachment and detachment, of nanocrystals was demonstrated in an aqueous system. Calcite nanoblocks unifaceted with {104} faces are reversibly attached and detached by swings of pH between 7 and 12.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C6CE02161A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
11 Oct 2016
Accepted
03 Nov 2016
First published
16 Nov 2016
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

CrystEngComm, 2016,18, 8999-9002

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Switchable oriented attachment and detachment of calcite nanocrystals

M. Takasaki, Y. Oaki and H. Imai, CrystEngComm, 2016, 18, 8999 DOI: 10.1039/C6CE02161A

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