PMID- 17112535 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20070327 LR - 20091111 IS - 0021-9797 (Print) IS - 0021-9797 (Linking) VI - 306 IP - 1 DP - 2007 Feb 1 TI - Multi-phase equilibrium microemulsions and synthesis of hierarchically structured calcium carbonate through microemulsion-based routes. PG - 154-60 AB - Middle-phase microemulsions (MPMs) in two systems of a cationic surfactant, tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide (TTABr)/n-butanol/iso-octane/Na2CO3 or CaCl2 and an anionic surfactant, sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)/n-butanol/iso-octane/Na2CO3 or CaCl2, were used to synthesize nanostructured calcium carbonates. MPMs provide a simple and versatile reaction media, i.e., upper-phase W/O, BC, and O/W structured equilibrium microemulsions to be used for synthesizing hierarchically structured CaCO3 at the nanometer scale. On the basis of the investigations on the phase behavior of the MPMs, hierarchically structured calcium carbonates with dendrites, ellipsoids, square-schistose cubes, and spheres were synthesized through the MPM-based routes. FAU - Liu, Liping AU - Liu L AD - Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry (Shandong University), Education Ministry, Jinan 250100, PR China. FAU - Fan, Dawei AU - Fan D FAU - Mao, Hongzhi AU - Mao H FAU - Fang, Xi AU - Fang X FAU - Hao, Jingcheng AU - Hao J LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20061021 PL - United States TA - J Colloid Interface Sci JT - Journal of colloid and interface science JID - 0043125 EDAT- 2006/11/23 09:00 MHDA- 2006/11/23 09:01 CRDT- 2006/11/23 09:00 PHST- 2006/07/18 00:00 [received] PHST- 2006/10/09 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2006/10/10 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2006/11/23 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2006/11/23 09:01 [medline] PHST- 2006/11/23 09:00 [entrez] AID - S0021-9797(06)00927-1 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.jcis.2006.10.032 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Colloid Interface Sci. 2007 Feb 1;306(1):154-60. doi: 10.1016/j.jcis.2006.10.032. Epub 2006 Oct 21.