Bendable, Free-Standing Calcite Thin Films

• Published in: Langmuir Vol. 31; no. 6; pp. 2014 - 2018
• Main Authors: Nakamura, Shiho, Naka, Kensuke
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 17.02.2015
• Subjects: bending strength; calcite; calcium carbonate; Calcium Carbonate - chemistry; Elasticity; Glass - chemistry; Hardness; Materials Testing; Mechanical Phenomena; microstructure; nacre; phase transition; polymers; vaterite

Since the hardness and toughness of natural nacre are determined by hierarchical microstructures with organic matters, it is of great importance to control the microstructures of artificial free-standing CaCO3 thin films. However, the fabrication of such films has so far been quite limited, to the e...