Issue 35, 2013
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CrystEngComm

Unfastening pearl nacre nanostructures under shear†

Edwin S. Tjandra,a   Ramiz A. Boulos,b   Peter C. Duncanc  and  Colin L. Raston*b  

* Corresponding authors

a Centre for Strategic Nano-Fabrication, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley, W. A. 6009, Australia

b School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Flinders University, Bedford Park, S. A. 5042, Australia
E-mail: colin.raston@flinders.edu.au
Tel: +61 82017958

c Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation and Analysis, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley, W. A. 6009, Australia

Abstract

Planetary ball milling of nacre is effective in unfastening the aragonite tablets in high yield with minimal damage, with some of the organic mortar remaining intact on the tablets. The milling process provides a means for transforming a waste material, nacre, which was harvested from pristine waters, into an uncontaminated powder form of the biogenic material with a unimodal particle size distribution for bio-applications or for providing accessible amounts of CaCO3.

Graphical abstract: Unfastening pearl nacre nanostructures under shear

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CE40760H
Article type
Communication
Submitted
30 Apr 2013
Accepted
09 Jul 2013
First published
10 Jul 2013

CrystEngComm, 2013,15, 6896-6900

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Unfastening pearl nacre nanostructures under shear

E. S. Tjandra, R. A. Boulos, P. C. Duncan and C. L. Raston, CrystEngComm, 2013, 15, 6896 DOI: 10.1039/C3CE40760H

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