TY - JOUR A1 - Wolf, S. E. A1 - Müller, L. A1 - Barrea, R. A1 - Kampf, C.J. A1 - Leiterer, Jork A1 - Panne, Ulrich A1 - Hoffmann, T. A1 - Emmerling, Franziska A1 - Tremel, W. T1 - Carbonate-coordinated metal complexes precede the formation of liquid amorphous mineral emulsions of divalent metal carbonates T2 - Nanoscale N2 - During the mineralisation of metal carbonates MCO3 (M = Ca, Sr, Ba, Mn, Cd, Pb) liquid-like amorphous intermediates emerge. These intermediates that form via a liquid/liquid phase separation behave like a classical emulsion and are stabilized electrostatically. The occurrence of these intermediates is attributed to the formation of highly hydrated networks whose stability is mainly based on weak interactions and the variability of the metal-containing pre-critical clusters. Their existence and compositional freedom are evidenced by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS). Liquid intermediates in non-classical crystallisation pathways seem to be more common than assumed. PB - RSC Publ. CY - Cambridge PY - 2011 UR - https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-bam/frontdoor/index/index/docId/23355 AN - OPUS4-23355 SN - 2040-3364 SN - 2040-3372 IS - 3 SP - 1158 EP - 1165 AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany