Then, BCDI was used to create a 3D map of the crystal structure inside the calcite particles. These images also showed the orderly, repeating patterns scientists expected to see.

The binding conformation of aspartic acid (Asp) at the calcite surface is strongly affected by the structure of the surrounding water. On the {104} plane, Asp binds directly to the acute step edge ...

In essence, calcite splits a beam of light into two dots based on polarization. By aligning filters and rotating angles, you can observe how light behaves when forced into ‘choices’.

Professor Snape beware — invisibility cloaks aren’t just for the microscopic anymore. Using natural crystals, two independent research teams have designed “carpet cloaks” that can ...

Calcite crystals form when calcium carbonate — also used to strengthen bones, teeth and nails — separates from the eggshell structure and gets deposited on its internal surface in the form ...

When calcite crystals are grown in the presence of anionic diblock copolymer micelles, the micelles become trapped within the final structure.

This unique highly complex shape of the calcite disks, called coccoliths, results from controlled crystal growth in the center of the alga. Scientists study the fundamentals of this biomineralization.

Not contamination, but a new crystal structure. It was Zhaoyong Zou, then a doctoral student in the Potsdam-based working group and now a professor in China, who made a surprising discovery in this ...

More stable forms have a repeating geometric crystal structure, culminating in calcite (Iceland spar), one of the most abundant minerals in the Earth's crust. Navrotsky and her colleagues at UC Davis' ...