Issue 78, 2016
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Chemical Communications

Oriented attachment by enantioselective facet recognition in millimeter-sized gypsum crystals†

Cristóbal Viedma,*a   Louis A. Cuccia, ORCID logo b   Alicia McTaggart,b   Bart Kahr,cd   Alexander T. Martin,c   J. Michael McBridee  and  Pedro Cintas ORCID logo *f  

* Corresponding authors

a Departamento de Cristalografía y Mineralogía, Facultad de Geología, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, Spain
E-mail: viedma@ucm.es
Tel: +34 91 394 4868

b Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke Street West, Montréal, Québec, Canada

c Department of Chemistry and Molecular Design Institute, New York University, New York City, NY, USA

d Department of Advanced Science and Engineering (TWIns), Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

e Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8107, USA

f Departamento de Química Orgánica e Inorgánica, Facultad de Ciencias-UEX, and IACYS-Unidad de Química Verde y Desarrollo Sostenible, 06006 Badajoz, Spain
E-mail: pecintas@unex.es
Tel: +34 924 289 300

Abstract

Crystal growth by oriented attachment involves the spontaneous self-assembly of adjoining crystals with common crystallographic orientations. Herein, we report the oriented attachment of gypsum crystals on agitation to form stereoselective mesoscale aggregates.

Graphical abstract: Oriented attachment by enantioselective facet recognition in millimeter-sized gypsum crystals

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C6CC06353E
Article type
Communication
Submitted
02 8月 2016
Accepted
05 9月 2016
First published
05 9月 2016

Chem. Commun., 2016,52, 11673-11676

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Oriented attachment by enantioselective facet recognition in millimeter-sized gypsum crystals

C. Viedma, L. A. Cuccia, A. McTaggart, B. Kahr, A. T. Martin, J. M. McBride and P. Cintas, Chem. Commun., 2016, 52, 11673 DOI: 10.1039/C6CC06353E

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