Self-Assembly of Calcium Carbonate Nanoparticles in Water and Hydrophobic Solvents

Preparation and characterization of ultra- hydrophobic calcium carbonate nanoparticles

Anionic surfactants based on fatty acids are usually used to modify the particle surface properties of CaCO 3 with the aim to enhance its dispersion and compatibility with polymer matrices. In this study sodium oleate was used for the preparation of ultrahydrophobic CaCO 3 nanoparticles using a wet carbonation route. The effect of sodium oleate on the characteristics, particle size, morphology,...

Hydrophobic interactions modulate self-assembly of nanoparticles.

Hydrophobic interactions constitute one of the most important types of nonspecific interactions in biological systems, which emerge when water molecules rearrange as two hydrophobic species come close to each other. The prediction of hydrophobic interactions at the level of nanoparticles (Brownian objects) remains challenging because of uncontrolled diffusive motion of the particles. We describ...

Self-assembly and redox induced phase transfer of gold nanoparticles at the water-propylene carbonate interface

Self-assembly and redox induced phase transfer of gold nanoparticles at a water-propylene carbonate interface.

Citrate-stabilized gold nanoparticles were found to spontaneously self-assemble into a lustrous film at a bare water-propylene carbonate interface after vigorous shaking, due to the extremely low interfacial tension. The presence of an electron donor, tetrathiafulvalene, in the oil phase, led to the extraction of particles into the organic phase.

Self-assembly of amorphous calcium carbonate microlens arrays

Biological materials are often based on simple constituents and grown by the principle of self-assembly under ambient conditions. In particular, biomineralization approaches exploit efficient pathways of inorganic material synthesis. There is still a large gap between the complexity of natural systems and the practical utilization of bioinspired formation mechanisms. Here we describe a simple s...