Directed nucleation of calcite at a crystal-imprinted polymer surface

Nature

Volumn 398, Issue 6725, 1999, Pages 312-316

  D'Souza, S M ^a   Alexander, C ^a   Carr, S W ^b,d   Waller, A M ^c   Whitcombe, M J ^a   Vulfson, E N ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNILEVER RESEARCH VLAARDINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID; CALCIUM CARBONATE; METHACRYLIC ACID; MINERAL; MONOMER; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLYMER;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENANTIOMER; GENOME IMPRINTING; MATERIAL STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACEMIC MIXTURE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 0033602448     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/18636     Document Type: Article

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