Han, Yong-JinAizenberg, Joanna2018-07-182018-07-182003Han, Yong-Jin, and Joanna Aizenberg. 2003. “Effect of Magnesium Ions on Oriented Growth of Calcite on Carboxylic Acid Functionalized Self-Assembled Monolayer.” Journal of the American Chemical Society 125 (14) (April): 4032–4033. doi:10.1021/ja034094z.0002-7863http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:37260720The combined effect of templating and solution additives on calcite crystallization was studied. Self-assembled monolayers of mercaptoundecanoic acid supported on silver, as templates, induced the uniform, oriented nucleation of calcite from the (012) plane. The presence of Mg2+ in the crystallizing solution affected the crystal growth dramatically, due to the selective Mg binding to the calcite planes roughly parallel to the c-axis. Highly homogeneous arrays of oriented crystals with characteristic sizes, shapes, and morphology, depending on the relative concentration of Mg and Ca ions, were synthesized.en-USJournal Article2018-07-14200310.1021/ja034094z