Abstract
A facile and effective method to synthesize dendrite-shaped calcium carbonate (CaCO3) nanocrystals in aqueous solutions of dodecyltrimethylammonium bromide (DTAB) and β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) is reported. It has been demonstrated that the supramolecular host–guest complexes formed by DTAB and β-CD play a key role in the fabrication of these unique CaCO3 nanocrystals. In order to systematically study the effect of the cationic surfactant, 1-dodecyl-3-methylimidazolium bromide (C12mimBr) and didodecyltrimethylammonium bromide (DDAB) were also used. The results show that the structures of the complexes formed by different cationic surfactants with β-CD have a strong impact on the final morphologies of the CaCO3 nanocrystals. Moreover, the interaction energies between β-CD and cationic surfactant molecules were calculated using molecular mechanics, and a possible mechanism for the formation of CaCO3 nanocrystals was proposed.
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