Issue 19, 2023
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Chemical Communications

Chiral superstructure of aragonite similar to Turritella terebra shell induced by CTAB's adsorption chirality†

Xin Yang,a   Xun Liu, ORCID logo *ad   Fujun Yao,a   Lingyuan Chen,a   Wenyuan Hu,bd   Jiawen Li, ORCID logo c   Zheng Kang,c   Xiaohui Duan ORCID logo a  and  Chonghua Pei*a  

* Corresponding authors

a State Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Energy Materials, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang 621010, P. R. China
E-mail: liuxun@swust.edu.cn, peichonghua@swust.edu.cn

b School of Material and Chemistry, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang 621010, P. R. China

c Radioactive Waste Technology and Radiochemistry Research Department, China Nuclear Power Technology Research Institute Co., Ltd, Shenzhen, P. R. China

d National Health Commission Key Laboratory of Nuclear Technology Medical Transformation, Mianyang Central Hospital, Mianyang 621010, P. R. China

Abstract

A twisted dumbbell-like chiral superstructure can be easily assembled in aragonite under the co-action of CTAB and Mg2+, producing a microstructure that is very similar to that of Turritella terebra shell. Asymmetric adsorption of the CTAB head group on aragonite, namely “adsorption chirality”, is the reason for the chiral assembly.

Graphical abstract: Chiral superstructure of aragonite similar to Turritella terebra shell induced by CTAB's adsorption chirality

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/D2CC06615G
Article type
Communication
Submitted
05 Dec 2022
Accepted
03 Feb 2023
First published
03 Feb 2023

Chem. Commun., 2023,59, 2759-2762

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Chiral superstructure of aragonite similar to Turritella terebra shell induced by CTAB's adsorption chirality

X. Yang, X. Liu, F. Yao, L. Chen, W. Hu, J. Li, Z. Kang, X. Duan and C. Pei, Chem. Commun., 2023, 59, 2759 DOI: 10.1039/D2CC06615G

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