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- Title
Polyacids for producing colloidally stable amorphous calcium carbonate clusters in water.
- Authors
Jia, Xianjing; Kayitmazer, A. Basak; Ahmad, Ayyaz; Ramzan, Naveed; Li, Yongsheng; Xu, Yisheng; Sun, Shengtong
- Abstract
As an important precursor of crystalline phases, amorphous calcium carbonate (ACC), especially ultrasmall ACC clusters, have been attracting great interest in fundamental research, materials chemistry, as well as industrial applications. However, it is still challenging to synthesize stable ACC clusters in water that can be isolated and concentrated without severe aggregation. Herein, we report a facile dialysis method for producing colloidally stable ACC clusters that are well dispersed in water with the protection of specific polycarboxylic acids, which could be also easily deprotected by small‐molecule acids like sodium citrate. Inherent proto‐calcite short‐range order is found to be present in all the obtained ACC clusters. The present strategy not only allows for the preparation of monodisperse isolated ACC clusters in aqueous solution but also shows great potential in industrial uses like waste water treatment.
- Subjects
COLLOIDAL stability; WATER clusters; CALCIUM carbonate; POLYCARBOXYLIC acids; WATER purification; WASTE treatment
- Publication
Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2022, Vol 139, Issue 14, p1
- ISSN
0021-8995
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/app.51899