1 Departamento de Cristalografía y Mineralogía, Facultad de Geología, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, Spain. viedma@ucm.es.
2 Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke Street West, Montréal, Québec H4B 1R6, Canada.
3 Department of Chemistry and Molecular Design Institute, New York University, New York City, NY 10003, USA and Department of Advanced Science and Engineering (TWIns), Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan.
4 Department of Chemistry and Molecular Design Institute, New York University, New York City, NY 10003, USA.
5 Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8107, USA.
6 Departamento de Química Orgánica e Inorgánica, Facultad de Ciencias-UEX, and IACYS-Unidad de Química Verde y Desarrollo Sostenible, 06006 Badajoz, Spain. pecintas@unex.es.

Oriented attachment by enantioselective facet recognition in millimeter-sized gypsum crystals.

Chem Commun (Camb). 2016 Sep 22;52(78):11673-11676

Authors: Viedma C, Cuccia LA, McTaggart A, Kahr B, Martin AT, McBride JM, Cintas P

Abstract

Crystal growth by oriented attachment involves the spontaneous self-assembly of adjoining crystals with common crystallographic orientations. Herein, we report the oriented attachment of gypsum crystals on agitation to form stereoselective mesoscale aggregates.

PMID: 27722508 [PubMed]