Impurities in pluronic triblock copolymers can induce the formation of calcite mesocrystals

Chemical Geology

Volumn 294-295, Issue , 2012, Pages 259-262

  Schenk, Anna S ^a   Kim, Yi Yeoun ^a   Kulak, Alex N ^a   Meldrum, Fiona C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Block copolymer; Calcite; Calcium carbonate; Mesocrystal

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GRADES; BUILDING BLOCKES; CALCITE PRECIPITATION; CHEMICAL GEOLOGY; IMPURITIES IN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MESOCRYSTAL; MESOCRYSTALS; MORPHOLOGICAL EFFECTS; NONIONIC; PLURONICS;

ADSORPTION; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CALCITE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBONATE MINERALS; DIALYSIS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; POLYMERS;

FLUORINE;

ADSORPTION; CALCITE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CRYSTAL; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PLUTONIC ROCK; POLYMER; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY);

EID: 84862821596     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.12.007     Document Type: Article

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