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Roostaei T, Rahimpour MR, Zhao H, Eisapour M, Chen Z, Hu J. Recent advances and progress in biotemplate catalysts for electrochemical energy storage and conversion. Adv Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 318:102958. [PMID: 37453344 DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2023.102958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2023] [Revised: 06/05/2023] [Accepted: 06/30/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
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Complex structures and morphologies in nature endow materials with unexpected properties and extraordinary functions. Biotemplating is an emerging strategy for replicating nature structures to obtain materials with unique morphologies and improved properties. Recently, efforts have been made to use bio-inspired species as a template for producing morphology-controllable catalysts. Fundamental information, along with recent advances in biotemplate metal-based catalysts are presented in this review through discussions of various structures and biotemplates employed for catalyst preparation. This review also outlines the recent progress on preparation routes of biotemplate catalysts and discusses how the properties and structures of these templates play a crucial role in the final performance of metal-based catalysts. Additionally, the application of bio-based metal and metal oxide catalysts is highlighted for various key energy and environmental technologies, including photocatalysis, fuel cells, and lithium batteries. Biotemplate metal-based catalysts display high efficiency in several energy and environmental systems. Note that this review provides guidance for further research in this direction.
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- Tayebeh Roostaei
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran; Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr. NW, Calgary, AB T2N1N4, Canada
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- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr. NW, Calgary, AB T2N1N4, Canada
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- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr. NW, Calgary, AB T2N1N4, Canada
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- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr. NW, Calgary, AB T2N1N4, Canada; Eastern Institute for Advanced Study, Ningbo, Zhengjiang 315200, China
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- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr. NW, Calgary, AB T2N1N4, Canada.
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Meldrum FC, O'Shaughnessy C. Crystallization in Confinement. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2020; 32:e2001068. [PMID: 32583495 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202001068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2020] [Revised: 03/26/2020] [Accepted: 03/27/2020] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Many crystallization processes of great importance, including frost heave, biomineralization, the synthesis of nanomaterials, and scale formation, occur in small volumes rather than bulk solution. Here, the influence of confinement on crystallization processes is described, drawing together information from fields as diverse as bioinspired mineralization, templating, pharmaceuticals, colloidal crystallization, and geochemistry. Experiments are principally conducted within confining systems that offer well-defined environments, varying from droplets in microfluidic devices, to cylindrical pores in filtration membranes, to nanoporous glasses and carbon nanotubes. Dramatic effects are observed, including a stabilization of metastable polymorphs, a depression of freezing points, and the formation of crystals with preferred orientations, modified morphologies, and even structures not seen in bulk. Confinement is also shown to influence crystallization processes over length scales ranging from the atomic to hundreds of micrometers, and to originate from a wide range of mechanisms. The development of an enhanced understanding of the influence of confinement on crystal nucleation and growth will not only provide superior insight into crystallization processes in many real-world environments, but will also enable this phenomenon to be used to control crystallization in applications including nanomaterial synthesis, heavy metal remediation, and the prevention of weathering.
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- Fiona C Meldrum
- School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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Magnabosco G, Papiano I, Aizenberg M, Aizenberg J, Falini G. Beyond biotemplating: multiscale porous inorganic materials with high catalytic efficiency. Chem Commun (Camb) 2020; 56:3389-3392. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cc00651c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Biotemplating makes it possible to prepare materials with complex structures by taking advantage of nature's ability to generate unique morphologies.
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- Giulia Magnabosco
- Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician”
- University of Bologna
- 40126 Bologna
- Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician”
- University of Bologna
- 40126 Bologna
- Italy
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- Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering
- Harvard University
- Cambridge
- USA
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- Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering
- Harvard University
- Cambridge
- USA
- John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
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- Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician”
- University of Bologna
- 40126 Bologna
- Italy
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Li S, Ihli J, Marchant WJ, Zeng M, Chen L, Wehbe K, Cinque G, Cespedes O, Kapur N, Meldrum FC. Synchrotron FTIR mapping of mineralization in a microfluidic device. LAB ON A CHIP 2017; 17:1616-1624. [PMID: 28387775 DOI: 10.1039/c6lc01393g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Fourier transform infrared micro-spectroscopy provides an effective means of performing rapid, non-destructive, and label-free analysis of specimens according to their vibrational modes. However, as water absorbs very strongly in the infrared region, analysis of aqueous solutions in transmission mode can suffer from problems with signal saturation. We here describe the fabrication of a novel microfluidic device that overcomes this problem. Devices with channel depths of just 3 μm were constructed from calcium fluoride using photolithography and hot embossing bonding, where calcium fluoride was selected due to its transparency in the IR region. The utility of this device was then demonstrated by employing it to follow the precipitation pathways of calcium sulfate and calcium carbonate using synchrotron FTIR micro-spectroscopy. Importantly, due to the high brightness provided by synchrotron radiation, and the fact that the reacting ions (HCO3-, CO32- and SO42-) and the different mineral polymorphs all have finger print spectra in the measured IR range, this method can be used to acquire time-resolved, hyperspectral maps of the mineral particles formed within the sample cell, and then study the interaction and evolution of particles. The data provide new insight into the formation pathway of a population of crystals in confined volumes, and demonstrate that this in situ, real-time detection system provides a powerful tool for studying crystallization processes.
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- Shunbo Li
- School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.
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From Sponges to Nanotubes: A Change of Nanocrystal Morphology for Acute-Angle Bent-Core Molecules. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201604915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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From Sponges to Nanotubes: A Change of Nanocrystal Morphology for Acute-Angle Bent-Core Molecules. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016; 55:12238-42. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201604915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2016] [Revised: 07/18/2016] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Koifman Khristosov M, Kabalah-Amitai L, Burghammer M, Katsman A, Pokroy B. Formation of curved micrometer-sized single crystals. ACS NANO 2014; 8:4747-4753. [PMID: 24694217 DOI: 10.1021/nn5013513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Crystals in nature often demonstrate curved morphologies rather than classical faceted surfaces. Inspired by biogenic curved single crystals, we demonstrate that gold single crystals exhibiting curved surfaces can be grown with no need of any fabrication steps. These single crystals grow from the confined volume of a droplet of a eutectic composition melt that forms via the dewetting of nanometric thin films. We can control their curvature by controlling the environment in which the process is carried out, including several parameters, such as the contact angle and the curvature of the drops, by changing the surface tension of the liquid drop during crystal growth. Here we present an energetic model that explains this phenomenon and predicts why and under what conditions crystals will be forced to grow with the curvature of the microdroplet even though the energetic state of a curved single crystal is very high.
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- Maria Koifman Khristosov
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Technion Israel Institute of Technology , 32000 Haifa, Israel
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Kulak AN, Semsarilar M, Kim YY, Ihli J, Fielding LA, Cespedes O, Armes SP, Meldrum FC. One-pot synthesis of an inorganic heterostructure: uniform occlusion of magnetite nanoparticles within calcite single crystals. Chem Sci 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c3sc52615a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Fukui Y, Nakada S, Fujimoto K. Preparation of nanometre-sized spiral mineral via controlled mineralization using a gel particle as a template. RSC Adv 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c3ra45763j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Cantaert B, Beniash E, Meldrum FC. Nanoscale confinement controls the crystallization of calcium phosphate: relevance to bone formation. Chemistry 2013; 19:14918-24. [PMID: 24115275 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201302835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2013] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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A key feature of biomineralization processes is that they take place within confined volumes, in which the local environment can have significant effects on mineral formation. Herein, we investigate the influence of confinement on the formation mechanism and structure of calcium phosphate (CaP). This is of particular relevance to the formation of dentine and bone, structures of which are based on highly mineralized collagen fibrils. CaP was precipitated within 25-300 nm diameter, cylindrical pores of track etched and anodised alumina membranes under physiological conditions, in which this system enables systematic study of the effects of the pore size in the absence of a structural match between the matrix and the growing crystals. Our results show that the main products were polycrystalline hydroxapatite (HAP) rods, together with some single crystal octacalcium phosphate (OCP) rods. Notably, we demonstrate that these were generated though an intermediate amorphous calcium phosphate (ACP) phase, and that ACP is significantly stabilised in confinement. This effect may have significance to the mineralization of bone, which can occur through a transient ACP phase. We also show that orientation of the HAP comparable, or even superior to that seen in bone can be achieved through confinement effects alone. Although this simple experimental system cannot be considered, a direct mimic of the in vivo formation of ultrathin HAP platelets within collagen fibrils, our results show that the effects of physical confinement should not be neglected when considering the mechanisms of formation of structures, such as bones and teeth.
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- Bram Cantaert
- School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2 9JT (UK), Fax: (+44) 113-343-6565
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Kijima M, Oaki Y, Munekawa Y, Imai H. Synthesis and Morphogenesis of Organic and Inorganic Polymers by Means of Biominerals and Biomimetic Materials. Chemistry 2013; 19:2284-93. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201203088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2012] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Oaki Y, Kijima M, Imai H. Synthesis and Morphogenesis of Organic Polymer Materials with Hierarchical Structures in Biominerals. J Am Chem Soc 2011; 133:8594-9. [DOI: 10.1021/ja200149u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Yuya Oaki
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, 3-14-1 Hiyoshi, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama 223-8522, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, 3-14-1 Hiyoshi, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama 223-8522, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, 3-14-1 Hiyoshi, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama 223-8522, Japan
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Charcosset C, Kieffer R, Mangin D, Puel F. Coupling between Membrane Processes and Crystallization Operations. Ind Eng Chem Res 2010. [DOI: 10.1021/ie901824x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Catherine Charcosset
- Université de Lyon, F-69622 Lyon, France; Université Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France; CNRS, UMR 5007, Laboratoire d’Automatique et de Génie des Procédés, ESCPE-Lyon, Villeurbanne, France
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- Université de Lyon, F-69622 Lyon, France; Université Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France; CNRS, UMR 5007, Laboratoire d’Automatique et de Génie des Procédés, ESCPE-Lyon, Villeurbanne, France
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- Université de Lyon, F-69622 Lyon, France; Université Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France; CNRS, UMR 5007, Laboratoire d’Automatique et de Génie des Procédés, ESCPE-Lyon, Villeurbanne, France
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- Université de Lyon, F-69622 Lyon, France; Université Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France; CNRS, UMR 5007, Laboratoire d’Automatique et de Génie des Procédés, ESCPE-Lyon, Villeurbanne, France
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Kim YY, Ribeiro L, Maillot F, Ward O, Eichhorn SJ, Meldrum FC. Bio-inspired synthesis and mechanical properties of calcite-polymer particle composites. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2010; 22:2082-2086. [PMID: 20544895 DOI: 10.1002/adma.200903743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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- Yi-Yeoun Kim
- School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Leeds LS29JT, UK
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- Jun Hyuk Moon
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Sogang University, 1 Shinsu-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul 121-742, Korea, and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, 3231 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Sogang University, 1 Shinsu-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul 121-742, Korea, and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, 3231 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
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Meldrum FC, Cölfen H. Controlling mineral morphologies and structures in biological and synthetic systems. Chem Rev 2009; 108:4332-432. [PMID: 19006397 DOI: 10.1021/cr8002856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 756] [Impact Index Per Article: 50.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- Fiona C Meldrum
- School of Chemistry, Cantock's Close, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TS, United Kingdom.
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Sun X, Zheng C, Qiao M, Yan J, Wang X, Guan N. Bioinspired synthesis of hierarchical macro-mesoporous titania with tunable macroporous morphology using cell-assemblies as macrotemplates. Chem Commun (Camb) 2009:4750-2. [DOI: 10.1039/b908294h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Gower LB. Biomimetic model systems for investigating the amorphous precursor pathway and its role in biomineralization. Chem Rev 2008; 108:4551-627. [PMID: 19006398 PMCID: PMC3652400 DOI: 10.1021/cr800443h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 612] [Impact Index Per Article: 38.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Laurie B Gower
- Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Florida, 210A Rhines Hall, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA.
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Ramos AP, Nobre TM, Montoro LA, Zaniquelli MED. Calcium carbonate particle growth depending on coupling among adjacent layers in hybrid LB/LbL films. J Phys Chem B 2008; 112:14648-54. [PMID: 18774855 DOI: 10.1021/jp8023793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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There are practical and academic situations that justify the study of calcium carbonate crystallization and especially of systems that are associated with organic matrices and a confined medium. Despite the fact that many different matrices have been studied, the use of well-behaved, thin organic films may provide new knowledge about this system. In this work, we have studied the growth of calcium carbonate particles on well-defined organic matrices that were formed by layer-by-layer (LbL) polyelectrolyte films deposited on phospholipid Langmuir-Blodgett films (LB). We were able to change the surface electrical charge density of the LB films by changing the proportions of a negatively charged lipid, the sodium salt of dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-phosphatidyl acid (DMPA), and a zwitterionic lipid, dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-phosphatidylethanolamine (DMPE). This affects the subsequent polyelectrolyte LbL film deposition, which also changes the the nature of the bonding (electrostatic interaction or hydrogen bonding). This approach allowed for the formation of calcium carbonate particles of different final shapes, roughnesses, and sizes. The masses of deposited lipids, polyelectrolytes, and calcium cabonate were quantified by the quartz crystal microbalance technique. The structures of obtained particles were analyzed by scanning electron microscopy.
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- Ana P Ramos
- Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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Li C, Qi L. Bioinspired Fabrication of 3D Ordered Macroporous Single Crystals of Calcite from a Transient Amorphous Phase. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2008; 47:2388-93. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.200705403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 149] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Li C, Qi L. Bioinspired Fabrication of 3D Ordered Macroporous Single Crystals of Calcite from a Transient Amorphous Phase. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2008. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.200705403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Biominerals are characterised by unique morphologies, and it is a long-term synthetic goal to reproduce these synthetically. We here apply a range of templating routes to investigate whether a fascinating category of biominerals, the single crystals with complex forms, can be produced using simple synthetic methods. Macroporous crystals with sponge-like morphologies identical to that of sea urchin skeletal plates were produced on templating with a sponge-like polymer membrane. Similarly, patterning of individual crystal faces was achieved from the micrometer to nanometer scale through crystallisation on colloidal particle monolayers and patterned polymer thin films. These experiments demonstrate the versatility of a templating approach to producing single crystals with unique morphologies.
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- Fiona C Meldrum
- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol, BS8 1TS, UK.
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Toberer ES, Seshadri R. Template-free routes to porous inorganic materials. Chem Commun (Camb) 2006:3159-65. [PMID: 17028730 DOI: 10.1039/b602153k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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New approaches to solid-state reactivity have allowed us to develop unusual routes to porous inorganic materials. This article describes our recent work on template-free routes involving the selective leaching of one phase from a two-phase composite to form porous oxides. Subsequent reactions have been developed to yield porous metals, conformal coatings, and hierarchically porous materials. Pores can also be generated through simple redox processes in transition-metal oxides; such redox cycling allows mesopores to be produced in a regenerative process in a material which is already macroporous.
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- Eric S Toberer
- Materials Department and Materials Research Laboratory, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA.
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