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Authors Mihai, M. ; Schwarz, S. ; Doroftei, F. ; Simionescu, B. c.
Title calcium carbonate/polymers microparticles tuned by complementary polyelectrolytes as complex macromolecular templates
Date 12.11.2014
Number 44410
Abstract This study describes the effects of mixed anionic/cationic polyelectrolytes on the crystallization of calcium carbonate in supersaturated solutions in comparison with polyanion-based CaCO3 composite structures. Two simple methods of introducing the polycation in the crystallogenesis of calcium carbonate are proposed: preformed nonstoichiometric polyelectrolyte complexes (NPECs) or in situ mixing of complementary polyelectrolytes, with a very large range of ratios between complementary polyions. For this purpose three polyanions—poly(acrylic acid) sodium salt, poly(sodium 4-styrenesulfonate) and poly(sodium vinylsulfonate)—and poly(diallyl-dimethylammonium chloride) as polycation were used. The molar ratio between complementary polyelectrolytes used in CaCO3 composite synthesis varied between 0 (just polyanions) up to 0.95 (close to the equimolar ratio between ionic charges of complementary polyelectrolytes). The polymer presence into the composite particles, as a function of polyanion structure and the preparation mode, was evidenced by energy dispersive X-ray diffraction and particle charge detection in the supernatant fraction. Scanning electron microscopy was used to provide the particles’ morphology, and Fourier transform infrared-attenuated total reflection (FTIR-ATR) spectroscopy was used to determine the polymorph content ratio. The enhanced CaCO3/polyanion/polycation microparticles stability in ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid has been also shown compared to CaCO3/polyanion microparticles as a function of the molar ratio between complementary polyelectrolytes and the method of introducing the polycation in the crystallogenesis system.
Publisher Crystal Growth & Design
Wikidata
Citation Crystal Growth & Design 14 (2014) 6073-6083
DOI https://doi.org/10.1021/cg501235r
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