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CrystEngComm

Crystallization of unidirectionally oriented fibrous calcium carbonate on thermo-responsive polymer brush matrices†

Surjith Kumar,a   Takahiro Ito,a   Yuki Yanagihara,a   Yuya Oaki,a   Tatsuya Nishimuraa  and  Takashi Kato*a  

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a Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
E-mail: kato@chiral.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Fax: +81 3 5841 8661

Abstract

We report a new approach to the formation of unidirectionally oriented fibrous calcium carbonate crystals using a surface-initiated thermo-sensitive polymer brush of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) above the lower critical solution temperature (LCST).

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B923049A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
03 Nov 2009
Accepted
26 Feb 2010
First published
20 Mar 2010

CrystEngComm, 2010,12, 2021-2024

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Crystallization of unidirectionally oriented fibrous calcium carbonate on thermo-responsive polymer brush matrices

S. Kumar, T. Ito, Y. Yanagihara, Y. Oaki, T. Nishimura and T. Kato, CrystEngComm, 2010, 12, 2021 DOI: 10.1039/B923049A

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