A novel catalytic method for the synthesis of spherical aragonite nanoparticles from cockle shells

• Main Authors: Islam, Kh. Nurul, Ali, Md. Eaqub, Abu Bakar @ Zakaria, Md Zuki, Mohd Yusof, Loqman, Islam, Md Aminul, Islam, Md. Saiful, Rahman, Md. Mahfujur, Ullah, Mahbub
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2013
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/29864/1/A%20novel%20catalytic%20method%20for%20the%20synthesis%20of%20spherical%20aragonite%20nanoparticles%20from%20cockle%20shells.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/29864/; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S003259101300404X

For the first time, we report here a novel top down catalytic approach for the synthesis of aragonite nanoparticles with spherical morphology from cockleshells. Cockle shell is a natural reservoir of aragonite which is a biogenic polymorph of calcium carbonate. Aragonite polymorph is widely used in...