Magnesium calcite(Mg-calcite)mesocrystal is widespread in the biominerals with specific functions.Until now,it remains challenging to obtain Mg-calcite mesocrystals without organic additives and the formation mechanis...Magnesium calcite(Mg-calcite)mesocrystal is widespread in the biominerals with specific functions.Until now,it remains challenging to obtain Mg-calcite mesocrystals without organic additives and the formation mechanism of Mg-calcite mesocrystals in the ocean is not clear yet.We report here the synthesis of corn-like Mg-calcite mesocrystals from pure amorphous calcium carbonate(ACC)via a facile method only by using Ca^(2+)and Mg^(2+).The obtained Mg-calcite is composed of many nanocubes with common crystallographic orientation,which shows very good single crystal feature.In the crystallizing procedure,the ACC nanospheres rapidly agglomerate into Mg-calcite corn-like mesocrystal by oriented attachment(OA)in a certain direction,which belongs to the non-classical nucleation.By this method,the molar ratio of Ca^(2+)and Mg^(2+)plays a vital role in the whole crystallization procedure,which may shed a new light on disclosing the mechanism behind for the effect of seawater in the formation of biological Mg-calcite in nature.展开更多
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21701162,21761132008 and 51702312)Anhui Provincial Natural Science Foundation(1808085MB27)+2 种基金the Foundation for Innovative Research Groups of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21521001)the Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences,CAS(QYZDJ-SSW-SLH036)the Users with Excellence and Scientific Research Grant of Hefei Science Center of CAS(2015HSC-UE007)。
文摘Magnesium calcite(Mg-calcite)mesocrystal is widespread in the biominerals with specific functions.Until now,it remains challenging to obtain Mg-calcite mesocrystals without organic additives and the formation mechanism of Mg-calcite mesocrystals in the ocean is not clear yet.We report here the synthesis of corn-like Mg-calcite mesocrystals from pure amorphous calcium carbonate(ACC)via a facile method only by using Ca^(2+)and Mg^(2+).The obtained Mg-calcite is composed of many nanocubes with common crystallographic orientation,which shows very good single crystal feature.In the crystallizing procedure,the ACC nanospheres rapidly agglomerate into Mg-calcite corn-like mesocrystal by oriented attachment(OA)in a certain direction,which belongs to the non-classical nucleation.By this method,the molar ratio of Ca^(2+)and Mg^(2+)plays a vital role in the whole crystallization procedure,which may shed a new light on disclosing the mechanism behind for the effect of seawater in the formation of biological Mg-calcite in nature.
