Côté AS, Darkins R, Duffy DM. Deformation twinning and the role of amino acids and magnesium in calcite hardness from molecular simulation.
Phys Chem Chem Phys 2015;
17:20178-84. [DOI:
10.1039/c5cp03370e]
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Abstract
We employ classical molecular dynamics to calculate elastic properties and to model the nucleation and propagation of deformation twins in calcite, both as a pure crystal and with magnesium and aspartate inclusions.
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