Recovery of surfaces from impurity poisoning during crystal growth

Nature

Volumn 399, Issue 6735, 1999, Pages 442-445

  Land, Terry A ^a   Martin, Tracie L ^b   Potapenko, Sergey ^a   Tayhas Palmore, G ^c   De Yoreo, James J ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CRYSTAL IMPURITIES; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; SUPERSATURATION;

IMPURITY POISONING;

CRYSTAL GROWTH;

POTASSIUM DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CRYSTALLIZATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; VELOCITY;

CABRERA;

EID: 0033519677     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/20886     Document Type: Article

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