Giulia Montanari
Research Interests:
I am interested in understanding the equilibrium between crystal surfaces and aqueous solutions, especially the phenomena affecting precipitation and growth of minerals causing scaling problems. I will focus on the interaction between mineral compounds in solutions containing additives, which are able to inhibit nucleation and crystal growth processes. I will study precipitation and growth processes at the molecular level and test hypotheses in simplified systems to investigate one parameter at a time, using high definition surface analytical techniques.
Abstracts:
G. Montanari, L. Z. Lakshtanov, D. J. Tobler, K. N. Dalby, N. Bovet and S. L. S. Stipp
The effect of aspartic acid and glycine on calcite growth
Under revision for Crystal Growth & Design, 2015
G. Montanari, D. J. Tobler, J. D. Rodriguez Blanco, N. Bovet and S. L. S. Stipp
The effect of citrate on CaCO3 crystallization
In preparation
Giulia Montanari, N. Bovet, S.L.S. Stipp (2013) Mineralogical Magazine, Volume 77, Number 5, July 2013 , pp. 1661-1817(157): Do amino acids inhibit calcite growth?
http://goldschmidt.info/2013/abstracts/finalPDFs/1781.pdf
DOI:10.1180/minmag.2013.077.5.13
Montanari, G., Lakshtanov, L., Bovet N., Dalby, K., Stipp, S.L. Svane
Calcite growth inhibition: clues for designing an amino acid based inhibitor
International Carbon Conference 2014
