Design of a doubly-hydrophilic block copolypeptide that directs the formation of calcium carbonate microspheresElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: circular dichroism spectrum of 1 and a table summarizing the effects of different block copolypeptides on the morphology of calcium carbonate crystallization. See http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/cc/b4/b403211j/

Abstract

The crystallization of calcium carbonate into microspheres has been accomplished using the rationally-designed, doubly-hydrophilic block copolypeptide poly{N_ε-2[2-(2-methoxyethoxy)ethoxy]acetyl-L-lysine}₁₀₀-b-poly(L-aspartate sodium salt)₃₀ as a structure-directing agent.