Abstract:
The influence of different generation of poly(amidoamine) (PAMAM) dendrimers on the crystallization of CaCO3 in aqueous solutions was studied. Crystallization of CaCO3 in the presence and absence of half generation PAMAM dendrimers was carried out. Crystals of CaCO3 having different generations of dendrimers were analyzed by means of FTIR, XRD, SEM, respectively. The results showed that the crystallization of CaCO3 in the absence of dendrimer resulted in the formation of rhombohedral calcite crystals, and spherical crystals mixed of vaterite and calcite were formed in the presence of G 0 5, G 1 5, G 2 5 PAMAM dendrimers, and spherical varterite crystals were formed in the presence of G 3 5, G 4 5 PAMAM dendrimers. As the generation number of the PAMAM dendrimers increased from G 0 5 to G 4 5, the particle size of vaterite was decreased from (6 0±0 5)μm to (0 7±0 5)μm under the constant concentration of the —COONa unit of the PAMAM dendrimers.