New Perspectives on Mineral Nucleation and Growth (eBook)

Dr. Alexander Van Driessche is connected to the University of Granada and is an expert in the field of Chemical Kinetics, Chemical Thermodynamics and Materials Chemistry. Prof Liane G Benning is Professor of Experimental Biogeochemistry and connected to the School of Earth and Environment at Leeds University. Her research addresses geochemical reaction mechanisms at low to hydrothermal temperatures in inorganic and biologic systems.Field-work in the last few years included geothermal extreme environments in Iceland and New Zealand and cryogenic extreme environments (cold deserts) in the European Arctic (Svalbard, Greenland, Iceland).Professor Dennis Gebauer, works for the university of Konstanz in Konstanz and is since 2014 a member of the executive board of the Graduate School of Chemistry of the Chemistry department of that same university. Besides, being a member of the management Committee of the COST action TD0903 and a member of the Scientific Staff of the Max Planck Institute.  Dr. Mathias Kellermeier is connected to BASF after receiving his PhD summa cum laude n Co-Mineralization of Alkaline-Earth Metal Carbonates and Silica" at the university of  Regensburg in 2011. 

Nucleation from a present day perspective Classical vs. non-classical crystallization.- Solution speciation in the prenucleation stage.- Computer simulation of prenucleation clusters and liquid-liquid phase separation.- Novel paradigms in non-classical nucleation theory.- Liquid precursors in CaCO3 crystallisation.- Heterogeneous nucleation.- Thermodynamics and energetics of ACC.- Short-range structures in ACC, polyamorphism.- Probing the structure of ACC by total scattering.- ACC and vaterite as metastable intermediates in the solution precipitation of CaCO3.- The multiple crystal structures of vaterite.- Calcium carbonate mesocrystals.- Control over calcite morphologies and structures, organic/inorganic hybrids.- Biomimetic materials, reinforced composites.- Nucleation and growth from a biomineralisation perspective.- Early stages of calcium phosphate formation.- Phase transformations in CaP crystallization.- Control over apatite formation.- Magnetite nucleation and growth.- Oriented attachment and particle-based growth mechanisms in iron oxide formation.- Nucleation and growth of calcium sulfate.- Nucleation and growth of silica nanoparticles.- Summary of recent achievements, attempt to clear up generic confusion in the community and to establish a uniform picture of crystallization.