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SUBMITTER: Wolf SE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3111071 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wolf Stephan E SE Müller Lars L Barrea Raul R Kampf Christopher J CJ Leiterer Jork J Panne Ulrich U Hoffmann Thorsten T Emmerling Franziska F Tremel Wolfgang W
Nanoscale 20110110 3
During the mineralisation of metal carbonates MCO3 (M=Ca, Sr, Ba, Mn, Cd, Pb) liquid-like amorphous intermediates emerge. These intermediates that form via a liquid/liquid phase separation behave like a classical emulsion and are stabilized electrostatically. The occurrence of these intermediates is attributed to the formation of highly hydrated networks whose stability is mainly based on weak interactions and the variability of the metal-containing pre-critical clusters. Their existence and com ...[more]