Microscopic evidence for liquid-liquid separation in supersaturated CaCO3 solutions

Recent experimental observations of the onset of calcium carbonate (CaCO3) mineralization suggest the emergence of a population of clusters that are stable rather than unstable as predicted by classical nucleation theory. This study uses molecular dynamics simulations to probe the structure, dynamic...

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Main Authors: Wallace, A., Hedges, L., Fernandez-Martinez, A., Raiteri, Paolo, Gale, Julian, Waychunas, G., Whitelam, S., Banfield, J., De Yoreo, J.
Format: Journal Article
Published: The American Association for the Advancement of Science 2013
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Online Access:http://www.sciencemag.org/content/341/6148/885
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/26522