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Size-controlled CaCO3 particles were obtained using a carbonate-controlled addition method with a carboxylate-terminated hyperbranched poly(amidoamine) (HYPAM-ONa). The crystalline phase of CaCO3 particles was determined to be thermodynamically unstable vaterite. The average size of the CaCO3 particles decreased from 1.3±0.2 to 0.36±0.18 μm with an increase in the incubation time of HYPAM-ONa-Ca2+ solution from 3 min to 72 h. Interactions of the CaCO3 particles in aqueous dispersions with different types of commercially available ionic polymers that is, poly(acrylic acid), poly(sodium 4-styrenesulfonate), poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride) and poly(arylamine) (PAAM) were studied. Surface coating of the CaCO3 particles with PAAM, an aqueous dispersion, was successfully achieved by the addition of a specified concentration of the polymer. The surface-coated CaCO3 particles with gold nanoparticles were obtained by addition of an aqueous solution of gold nanoparticles stabilized with HYPAM-ONa to an aqueous dispersion of the CaCO3 particles and subsequent addition of HAuCl4 and formaldehyde as a reducing agent.
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Tanaka, Y., Naka, K. Synthesis of calcium carbonate particles with carboxylic-terminated hyperbranched poly(amidoamine) and their surface modification. Polym J 44, 586–593 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/pj.2012.28
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