From Ions to Crystals: A Comprehensive View of the Non‐Classical Nucleation of Calcium Sulfate
Matthias Kellermeier, Johanna Scheck, Markus Drechsler, Rose Rosenberg, Tomasz M. Stawski, Alejandro Fernandez‐Martinez, Denis Gebauer, Alexander E. S. Van Driessche · 2024
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Matthias Kellermeier and co-authors film the birth of calcium sulfate crystals step by step in this 2024 review-style study. The mineral, used widely in construction, forms through early stages that are hard to catch. Past work reported single steps but no full picture.
The team built a titration setup that tracks chemistry, cloudiness, and conductivity as saturation slowly rises. X-ray scattering, spinning samples, and frozen microscopy then revealed the particles that form. Ions first gather into tiny clusters, which merge and gain internal order over time. The findings challenge textbook notions of a single nucleation barrier. They also question what supersaturation really means in such systems.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Matthias Kellermeier, Johanna Scheck, Markus Drechsler, Rose Rosenberg, Tomasz M. Stawski, Alejandro Fernandez‐Martinez, Denis Gebauer, Alexander E. S. Van Driessche |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 50 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |