Figure 3
From: Catalyzed Synthesis of Zinc Clays by Prebiotic Central Metabolites
TEM images and energy dispersive X-ray spectra (EDS) of air-dried whole mount synthesized sauconite with 1.0 M succinate at pH0 9.0 after 6 h reflux at 90 °C. (A) Aggregates of sauconite nanocrystals. Gel-like material shows nucleation of sauconite (right side of image). (B) Higher magnification of the gel-like sauconite showing the presence of unknown zinc-containing nanocrystals in addition to sauconite. (C) Lattice fringe image of zinc nanoparticles. (D) Representative EDS spectra of the composition of sauconite nanocrystals (upper) and zinc nanoparticles (lower). The presence of Cu is due to the carbon coated copper grid used for EDS analysis.
