Nucleation of Minerals: Precursors, Intermediates and Their Use in Materials Chemistry

Nucleation is the key event in mineralisation, but a general molecular understanding of phase separation mechanisms is still missing, despite more than 100 years of research in this field. In recent years, many studies have highlighted the occurrence of precursors and intermediates, which seem to ch...

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description Nucleation is the key event in mineralisation, but a general molecular understanding of phase separation mechanisms is still missing, despite more than 100 years of research in this field. In recent years, many studies have highlighted the occurrence of precursors and intermediates, which seem to challenge the assumptions underlying classical theories of nucleation and growth. This is especially true for the field of biomineralisation, where bio-inspired strategies take advantage of the special properties of the precursors and intermediates for the generation of advanced materials. All of this has led to the development of "non-classical" frameworks, which, however, often lack quantitative expressions for the evaluation and prediction of phase separation, growth and ripening processes, and are under considerable debate. It is thus evident that there is a crucial need for research into the early stages of mineral nucleation and growth, designed for the testing, refinement, and expansion of the different existing notions. This Special Issue of Minerals aims to bring together corresponding studies from all these areas, dealing with precursors and intermediates in mineralisation with the hope that it may contribute to the achievement of a better understanding of nucleation precursors and intermediates, and their target-oriented use in materials chemistry.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-549022024-03-30T02:52:44Z Nucleation of Minerals: Precursors, Intermediates and Their Use in Materials Chemistry Denis Gebauer (Ed.) GE1-350 amorphous intermediates additive-controlled mineralization mineral poly(a)morphism formation mechanisms of biominerals pre-nucleation clusters mineral nucleation and growth mechanims of bio-inspired mineralization in situ analyses of the early stages of mineralization non-classical crystallization thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCV Economics of specific sectors::KCVG Environmental economics Nucleation is the key event in mineralisation, but a general molecular understanding of phase separation mechanisms is still missing, despite more than 100 years of research in this field. In recent years, many studies have highlighted the occurrence of precursors and intermediates, which seem to challenge the assumptions underlying classical theories of nucleation and growth. This is especially true for the field of biomineralisation, where bio-inspired strategies take advantage of the special properties of the precursors and intermediates for the generation of advanced materials. All of this has led to the development of "non-classical" frameworks, which, however, often lack quantitative expressions for the evaluation and prediction of phase separation, growth and ripening processes, and are under considerable debate. It is thus evident that there is a crucial need for research into the early stages of mineral nucleation and growth, designed for the testing, refinement, and expansion of the different existing notions. This Special Issue of Minerals aims to bring together corresponding studies from all these areas, dealing with precursors and intermediates in mineralisation with the hope that it may contribute to the achievement of a better understanding of nucleation precursors and intermediates, and their target-oriented use in materials chemistry. 2021-02-11T21:18:46Z 2021-02-11T21:18:46Z 2018-08-09 13:19:56 2018 book 27446 9783038970354 9783038970361 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/54902 eng image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://www.mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/695 http://www.mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/695 MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 46cabcaa-dd94-4bfe-87b4-55023c1b36d0 9783038970354 9783038970361 X, 236 open access
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amorphous intermediates
additive-controlled mineralization
mineral poly(a)morphism
formation mechanisms of biominerals
pre-nucleation clusters
mineral nucleation and growth
mechanims of bio-inspired mineralization
in situ analyses of the early stages of mineralization
non-classical crystallization
thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCV Economics of specific sectors::KCVG Environmental economics
Denis Gebauer (Ed.)
Nucleation of Minerals: Precursors, Intermediates and Their Use in Materials Chemistry
title Nucleation of Minerals: Precursors, Intermediates and Their Use in Materials Chemistry
title_full Nucleation of Minerals: Precursors, Intermediates and Their Use in Materials Chemistry
title_fullStr Nucleation of Minerals: Precursors, Intermediates and Their Use in Materials Chemistry
title_full_unstemmed Nucleation of Minerals: Precursors, Intermediates and Their Use in Materials Chemistry
title_short Nucleation of Minerals: Precursors, Intermediates and Their Use in Materials Chemistry
title_sort nucleation of minerals precursors intermediates and their use in materials chemistry
topic GE1-350
amorphous intermediates
additive-controlled mineralization
mineral poly(a)morphism
formation mechanisms of biominerals
pre-nucleation clusters
mineral nucleation and growth
mechanims of bio-inspired mineralization
in situ analyses of the early stages of mineralization
non-classical crystallization
thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCV Economics of specific sectors::KCVG Environmental economics
topic_facet GE1-350
amorphous intermediates
additive-controlled mineralization
mineral poly(a)morphism
formation mechanisms of biominerals
pre-nucleation clusters
mineral nucleation and growth
mechanims of bio-inspired mineralization
in situ analyses of the early stages of mineralization
non-classical crystallization
thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCV Economics of specific sectors::KCVG Environmental economics
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