Shape-preserving amorphous-to-crystalline transformation of CaCO3 revealed by in situ TEM

Liu, Zhaoming; Zhang, Zhisen; Wang, Zheming; Jin, Biao; Li, Dongsheng; Tao, Jinhui; Tang, Ruikang; De Yoreo, James J.

doi:10.1073/pnas.1914813117

Shape-preserving amorphous-to-crystalline transformation of CaCO3 revealed by in situ TEM

Journal Article · Tue Feb 18 04:00:00 EST 2020 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1914813117· OSTI ID:1657072

Liu, Zhaoming ^[1]; Zhang, Zhisen ^[2]; ^[3]; Jin, Biao ^[3]; ^[3]; ^[3]; Tang, Ruikang ^[1]; De Yoreo, James J. ^[3]

Zhejiang University
Xiamen University
BATTELLE (PACIFIC NW LAB)

Organisms use inorganic ions and macromolecules to regulate crystallization from amorphous- precursors, endowing natural biominerals with complex morphologies and enhanced properties. The mechanisms by which modifiers enable these shape preserving transformations are poorly understood. We used in situ liquid-phase transmission electron microscopy to follow the evolution from amorphous calcium carbonate to calcite in the presence of additives. A combination of contrast analysis and infrared spectroscopy shows that Mg ions, which are widely present in seawater and biological fluids, alter the transformation pathway in a concentration-dependent manner. The ions bring excess (structural) water into the amorphous bulk so that a direct transformation is triggered by dehydration in the absence of morphological changes. Molecular dynamics simulations suggest Mg-incorporated water induces structural fluctuations, allowing transformation without the need to nucleate a separate crystal. Thus, the obtained calcite retains the original morphology of the amorphous state, biomimetically achieving the morphological control of crystals seen in biominerals

Research Organization:: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: AC05-76RL01830

OSTI ID:: 1657072

Report Number(s):: PNNL-SA-155767

Journal Information:: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Journal Name: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Journal Issue: 7 Vol. 117

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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