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ArticleAngewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)2025

Gypsum Gardens: Self-Assembled Tubular Structures of Calcium Sulfate with Relevance for the Detection of Extraterrestrial Life.

Selina Reigl, Elisabeth Wagner, Carlos Pimentel, Werner Kunz, Alexander E S Van Driessche, Matthias Kellermeier

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Article in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors.

Selina ReiglInstitute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstr. 31, D-93040, Regensburg, Germany.
Elisabeth WagnerMaterial Science, BASF SE, Carl-Bosch-Str. 38, D-67056, Ludwigshafen, Germany.
Carlos PimentelUniversité Grenoble Alpes, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, IRD, IFSTTAR, ISTerre, Grenoble, F-38000, France.
Werner KunzInstitute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstr. 31, D-93040, Regensburg, Germany.
Alexander E S Van DriesscheInstituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra (IACT), CSIC - University of Granada, Av. de las Palmeras 4, Armilla, Granada, E-18100, Spain.
Matthias KellermeierMaterial Science, BASF SE, Carl-Bosch-Str. 38, D-67056, Ludwigshafen, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0473-3880

Funding

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 2020 AURA P3Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes CPER 2015/2020CNRS-INSUConsejería de Universidad, Investigación e Innovación, the competent authority in R&D of the Junta de Andalucía Project PROYEXCEL_00771 (SMART-water)European Research Council 856555Marie Sklodowska-Curie action 101021894Marie Sklodowska-Curie action CARS-CO2
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Form is a common and intuitive criterion to distinguish between the realm of living species and the inanimate nature. However, there are in fact no strict boundaries in terms of morphology, as exemplified by so-called chemical gardens, which form by self-assembly in purely inorganic systems and yet closely mimic the appearance of trees and other plants. While such structures have been reported for a broad range of compositions-most notably silicates of various types of metal cations as well as prominent (bio)minerals like calcium carbonate or phosphate-one important material has been missing in the comprehensive list of these chemobrionic systems: calcium sulfate. In the present work, we succeeded in preparing well-developed CaSO

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Calcium sulfateChemical gardensChemobrionicsGypsumLife on Mars

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