Nanostructured Calcite Single Crystals with Gyroid Morphologies
Alexander Finnemore(University of Cambridge), Maik R. J. Scherer(University of Cambridge), R. M. Langford(University of Cambridge), Sumeet Mahajan(University of Cambridge), Sabine Ludwigs(University of Freiburg), Fiona C. Meldrum(University of Leeds), Ullrich Steiner(University of Cambridge)
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Abstract
Gyroid-structured calcite crystals are grown by templating though self-assembled copolymer films. The remarkable triply periodic minimal surface is perfectly replicated on the nanometer scale, while single crystallinity is maintained. This is a wholly synthetic route to a crystal morphology found in biological systems, only on a smaller length scale.