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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A
Volume 116, Issue 36, Pages 9001-9009Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jp305122d
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- National Science foundation [CHE-0952605]
- Division Of Chemistry
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien [952605] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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In this study, alternating current (AC) mode atomic force microscopy (AFM) combined with phase imaging and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) were used to investigate the effect of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) adsorption on calcium carbonate (CaCO3) (10 (1) over bar4) surfaces at 296 K in the presence of relative humidity (RH). At 70% RH, CaCO3 (10 (1) over bar4) surfaces undergo rapid formation of a metastable amorphous calcium carbonate layer, which in turn serves as a substrate for recrystallization of a nonhydrated calcite phase, presumably vaterite. The adsorption of nitrogen dioxide changes the surface properties of CaCO3 (10 (1) over bar4) and the mechanism for formation of new phases. In particular, the first calcite nucleation layer serves as a source of material for further island growth; when it is depleted, there is no change in total volume of nitrocalcite, Ca(NO3)(nu) particles formed whereas the total number of particles decreases. This indicates that these particles are mobile and coalesce. Phase imaging combined with force curve measurements reveals areas of inhomogeneous energy dissipation during the process of water adsorption in relative humidity experiments, as well as during nitrocalcite particle formation. Potential origins of the different energy dissipation modes within the sample are discussed. Finally, XPS analysis confirms that NO2 adsorbs on CaCO3 (10 (1) over bar4) in the form of nitrate (NO3-) regardless of environmental conditions or the pretreatment of the calcite surface at different relative humidity.
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