Crystallization of hard-sphere colloids in microgravity

Nature

Volumn 387, Issue 6636, 1997, Pages 883-885

  Zhu, Jixiang ^a   Li, Min ^b   Rogers, R ^c   Meyer, W ^c   Ottewill, R H ^d   Russel, W B ^b   Chaikin, P M ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

^c NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENTROPY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROGRAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0030813988     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/43141     Document Type: Article

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