F333 (2013)

F333 (2013). Reversed crystal growth of calcite in the presence of chitosan and gum Arabic.

The images show steps of crystal growth of calcite from polycrystalline aggregates, surface re-crystallisation, extension of re-crystallisation from the surface to the core, and finally single crystals. [A. Ritchie, M. Watson, R. Turnbull, Z. Lu, M. Telfer, J. Gano, K. Self, H. F. Greer, W. Z. Zhou, CrystEngComm 15, 10266-10271 (2013)]. This paper was written based on a miniproject report by a group of third year undergraduate students, the first six authors.