Calcium carbonate crystallization controlled by functional groups: A mini-review

Frontiers of Materials Science

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 62-68

  Deng, Hua ^a,b   Shen, Xing Can ^b   Wang, Xiu Mei ^a   Du, Chang ^c  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

biomineralization; CaCO3; crystallization; functional group

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874571681     PISSN: 2095025X     EISSN: 20950268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11706-013-0191-y     Document Type: Review

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