Effects of amino acids on the formation of hematite particles in a forced hydrolysis reaction

Glycine-assisted hydrothermal synthesis of single-crystalline LaF3:Eu3+ hexagonal nanoplates

“…It was recently reported that the different functionalities and structural conformation of amino acids can also control the growth of tellurium crystals [37]. Kandori et al [40] examined the influence of amimo acids on the formation of hematite particles and confirmed that the morphologies of hematite particles strongly depended on the nature of amino acids. Our research results are in good agreement with their conclusions.…”

“…Up to now, considerable efforts have been focused on using biomolecules as the structure-directing agents to assemble nanostructures [27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42]. For instance, Qian's group described the synthesis of shape-controlled 3D and 1D structures assisted by l-cysteine, which plays an important role in controlling the morphology [34].…”

Novel nanostructured hematite–spongin composite developed using an extreme biomimetic approach

“…These functional groups containing electron donor elements (O, N and S) are capable of complex formation with metal ions. 62,63 We believe that functional groups originating from amino acids, including sulfur of cystine/cysteine might play a crucial role in the process of iron mineralization; which is a common phenomenon for demosponges in nature.…”

ATR-IR spectroscopic study of L-lysine adsorption on amorphous silica

“…For example, dissolved amino acids influence the rate of silica dissolution [7], the rate of hydroxyapatite growth [8], and the morphology of hematite precipitates [9]. As another example, clays, silica, and alumina are suggested to play an important role in the polymerization reactions of amino acids, which might be related to the chemical evolution of life on the early earth [10][11][12][13][14].…”