This CrystEngComm Hot article demonstrates that chromatography can be used to look at the interaction between crystals and their impurities so that their impact on crystal growth can be judged.
Ryan E. Sours and colleagues looked at the biomineral crystals calcite and calcium oxolate monohydrate, and assessed the relative binding affinities of various organic impurities.
This manuscript is part of a themed issue on Crystal Growth, guest edited by Professor Jennifer Swift, due for publication early in 2011.
Chromatographic determination of impurity binding affinities on biomineral crystals
Randall C. Mazzarino, Tissa J. Thomas and Ryan E. Sours
CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00454E , Paper
