Dataset from Electron Transparent Nanotubes Reveal Crystallization Pathways in Confinement

Data includes characterisation of calcium sulfate crystals formed in confinment inside nanopores. Bulk material analysis with powder X-ray diffraction and Raman. Imaging of samples using scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. Nanaoscale elemental analyisis using energy dispersive X-ray and nanoscale materials analysis from selected area electron diffraction. These experimental data are supported by molecular dynamics simulations of water approaching and moving within bassanite crystal structures and COMSOL flux modelling of material movement to a crystal forming within a confined pore.